metro

Definition of metronext

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Recent Examples of metro Early voting begins Saturday for the Georgia’s primary runoffs in some metro Atlanta counties. Chris Joyner, AJC.com, 5 June 2026 The metro Atlanta senator, who represents Senate District 44, made the announcement on a video posted to Facebook on Thursday. Dan Raby, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026 On June 2 almost 3 million protestors took to the streets in Istanbul alone, about the entire metro population of Denver. Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026 Surely Chicago, with a metro population of 9 million, can support 14 daily frequencies to destinations of 400,000-plus less than 150 miles away — especially when trains to both destinations can use the same track for the first 114 miles. F.k. Plous, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for metro
Recent Examples of Synonyms for metro
Adjective
  • These metropolitan economies are often more connected to global markets and peer cities than to large portions of their own states.
    John Eger, Mercury News, 17 July 2026
  • New York City's air quality continues to be affected by Canadian wildfires as smoke blankets the metropolitan this week.
    Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 17 July 2026
Adjective
  • When former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán unveiled such a nationalistic monument in Budapest, the cosmopolitan bastion of the Hungarian political left, it was interpreted as a victory lap.
    Brett R. Chloupek, The Conversation, 15 July 2026
  • This cool, cosmopolitan hotel is within walking distance of Bend’s best restaurants, shops, and the Deschutes River, and was named one of the best in the country by Tripadvisor users in 2025.
    Sierra Vandervort, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2026

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“Metro.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/metro. Accessed 23 Jul. 2026.

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