met·ro
ˈme-(ˌ)trō 
Examples of metro in a Sentence
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Beth Lipoff, Kansas City Star, 3 May 2024
What to order at Dahlia 2 downtown Phoenix cocktail bars named in new 'Michelin-style guide for the bar industry' 18-year-old metro Phoenix bar makes way for $110 million resort update.
—Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 3 May 2024
Josh Levi, president of the organization, said data center companies are investing billions in new Georgia data centers, making metro Atlanta one of the nation’s biggest industry hubs.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 2 May 2024
Several of her pieces transform the space into a cavern of dripping water, a nod to the leaks, worsened by a series of earthquakes, that have dogged Tokyo’s metro system for years.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 2 May 2024
In all 50 of the most populous U.S. metro areas, median home prices either climbed from a year earlier or stayed flat in the four weeks ended April 28, according to a new report by real estate services firm Redfin.
—Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 2 May 2024
Last year, the state moved to limit new housing construction in the suburbs of Phoenix—one of the fastest-growing metro areas in the country—to avoid emptying the region’s underground aquifers.
—Maanvi Singh, WIRED, 20 Apr. 2024
The San Francisco-San Mateo metro area has lost jobs for three months in a row.
—George Avalos, The Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2024
Climate models created by the National Weather Service predict a rainy spring followed by a hot summer in the Kansas City metro area.
—Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 19 Apr. 2024
Journal Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2024
Before 2016, there typically wasn’t much difference in how metro and non-metro counties voted for state Supreme Court.
—Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2023
The election results also support the deepening metro vs. non-metro divide with the Seventh District going Republican, the Minnesota Senate remaining Republican, and Trump carrying most non-metro counties, all in the face of Democrat Joe Biden carrying the state.
—Star Tribune, 24 Dec. 2020
And every day, trains crawl through metro Atlanta suburbs from Marietta to Morrow.
—Kelly Yamanouchi, ajc, 24 Feb. 2023
For the most part they’re considered country inns—nothing too fancy—and are located in non-metro areas, including the island’s beach towns and mountain villages.
—Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 May 2022
The plan is for all metro area Cupcake Stations to eventually be remodeled and rebranded as Bakehouse46.
—Steve Pepple, Detroit Free Press, 13 May 2020
Restaurants in the metro Atlanta region have since Monday been able to accept customers to eat inside, as long as the businesses follow a slate of 39 provisions set up by the state government.
—Kerry Picket, Washington Examiner, 29 Apr. 2020
At that time in March, most metro Detroit hospitals were filling up with patients who were sick with coronavirus as the region's surge in cases began.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, Freep.com, 10 May 2020
Noun
He’s helped foster partnerships between the Royals and numerous local organizations around the metro with the same benefits, including Johnson County 3&2, the Olathe Girls Softball Association, Blue Valley Recreation and the Jewish Community Center.
—Beth Lipoff, Kansas City Star, 3 May 2024
What to order at Dahlia 2 downtown Phoenix cocktail bars named in new 'Michelin-style guide for the bar industry' 18-year-old metro Phoenix bar makes way for $110 million resort update.
—Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 3 May 2024
Josh Levi, president of the organization, said data center companies are investing billions in new Georgia data centers, making metro Atlanta one of the nation’s biggest industry hubs.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 2 May 2024
Several of her pieces transform the space into a cavern of dripping water, a nod to the leaks, worsened by a series of earthquakes, that have dogged Tokyo’s metro system for years.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 2 May 2024
In all 50 of the most populous U.S. metro areas, median home prices either climbed from a year earlier or stayed flat in the four weeks ended April 28, according to a new report by real estate services firm Redfin.
—Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 2 May 2024
Last year, the state moved to limit new housing construction in the suburbs of Phoenix—one of the fastest-growing metro areas in the country—to avoid emptying the region’s underground aquifers.
—Maanvi Singh, WIRED, 20 Apr. 2024
The San Francisco-San Mateo metro area has lost jobs for three months in a row.
—George Avalos, The Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2024
Climate models created by the National Weather Service predict a rainy spring followed by a hot summer in the Kansas City metro area.
—Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 19 Apr. 2024
Adjective
Historic Milwaukee Spaces & Traces 2024 Historic Milwaukee Inc. presents its 42nd annual Spaces & Traces tour from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 4, featuring mid-century modern homes in the metro Milwaukee area.
—Journal Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2024
Before 2016, there typically wasn’t much difference in how metro and non-metro counties voted for state Supreme Court.
—Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2023
The election results also support the deepening metro vs. non-metro divide with the Seventh District going Republican, the Minnesota Senate remaining Republican, and Trump carrying most non-metro counties, all in the face of Democrat Joe Biden carrying the state.
—Star Tribune, 24 Dec. 2020
And every day, trains crawl through metro Atlanta suburbs from Marietta to Morrow.
—Kelly Yamanouchi, ajc, 24 Feb. 2023
For the most part they’re considered country inns—nothing too fancy—and are located in non-metro areas, including the island’s beach towns and mountain villages.
—Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 May 2022
The plan is for all metro area Cupcake Stations to eventually be remodeled and rebranded as Bakehouse46.
—Steve Pepple, Detroit Free Press, 13 May 2020
Restaurants in the metro Atlanta region have since Monday been able to accept customers to eat inside, as long as the businesses follow a slate of 39 provisions set up by the state government.
—Kerry Picket, Washington Examiner, 29 Apr. 2020
At that time in March, most metro Detroit hospitals were filling up with patients who were sick with coronavirus as the region's surge in cases began.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, Freep.com, 10 May 2020
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“Metro.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/metro. Accessed 8 May. 2024.
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