met·ro
ˈme-(ˌ)trō 
Examples of metro in a Sentence
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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
Here are the top 10 metro areas in the country for EV owners:
San Jose
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
Boston
Seattle
Durham, North Carolina
Austin, Texas
Los Angeles
Washington, D.C.
Denver
Where did Sacramento, other California cities rank?
—Jacqueline Pinedo, Sacramento Bee, 18 Apr. 2024
The other metro systems are Brooklyn Park, Lake Elmo, Newport, South St. Paul, Stillwater, Woodbury and mobile home communities Cimarron Park (Lake Elmo) and Mobile Manor (Shakopee).
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 18 Apr. 2024
The 20 metro areas with the most immigrants from 2021 to 2023 represented three fifths of total U.S. immigrant gains despite comprising just 36% of the overall U.S. population.
—Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2024
While 16% of Milwaukee’s metro population is Black, 65% of residents of high-burden neighborhoods are Black.
—Karl Ebert, Journal Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2024
Indeed, new Census data shows that the migration out of major metros like New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles is far from drying up, as Business Insider’s Aki Ito reported on Monday.
—Jane Thier, Fortune, 15 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
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
Here are the top 10 metro areas in the country for EV owners:
San Jose
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
Boston
Seattle
Durham, North Carolina
Austin, Texas
Los Angeles
Washington, D.C.
Denver
Where did Sacramento, other California cities rank?
—Jacqueline Pinedo, Sacramento Bee, 18 Apr. 2024
The other metro systems are Brooklyn Park, Lake Elmo, Newport, South St. Paul, Stillwater, Woodbury and mobile home communities Cimarron Park (Lake Elmo) and Mobile Manor (Shakopee).
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 18 Apr. 2024
The 20 metro areas with the most immigrants from 2021 to 2023 represented three fifths of total U.S. immigrant gains despite comprising just 36% of the overall U.S. population.
—Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2024
While 16% of Milwaukee’s metro population is Black, 65% of residents of high-burden neighborhoods are Black.
—Karl Ebert, Journal Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2024
Indeed, new Census data shows that the migration out of major metros like New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles is far from drying up, as Business Insider’s Aki Ito reported on Monday.
—Jane Thier, Fortune, 15 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 25 Apr. 2024.
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