metro

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Recent Examples of metro Next week kicks off with some heat to send metro Detroiters diving straight into the nearest lake or pool. Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 11 June 2024 In the metro Milwaukee area, the unemployment rate was at 3.6% in March, according to the Metropolitan Milwaukee Area of Commerce. Ricardo Torres, Journal Sentinel, 3 June 2024 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 See All Example Sentences for metro
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Adjective
  • Truly, rural living has never been more alluring, and people are trying to replicate the lifestyle (even if residing in bustling, metropolitan areas) with the help of more natural elements, rustic decor pieces, and earthy color palettes in their homes.
    Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 20 June 2025
  • The top ten metropolitan cities were completed by Raleigh, North Carolina, with 4,679 Mbps, Riverside, California, with 4,569 Mbps, and Rochester, New York, with 4,566 Mbps.
    James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
Adjective
  • The Geneva–Lausanne region offers a unique blend of access to alpine adventure, lakeside leisure and cosmopolitan living.
    Lysanne Currie, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
  • But Howard notes even this was part of turning sections of a city into public, cosmopolitan spaces that incorporated both people of different social status and ideas from around the world.
    Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 24 May 2025

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“Metro.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/metro. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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