As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.
METROPOLITANIZE
Etymology
Verb
metropolitanize (third-person singular simple present metropolitanizes, present participle metropolitanizing, simple past and past participle metropolitanized)
(transitive) To make metropolitan; to adapt to the norms of a metropolis.
Source: Wiktionary
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(noun) the crease at the junction of the inner part of the thigh with the trunk together with the adjacent region and often including the external genitals
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