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
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Adjective
  • The Institute for Housing Studies at DePaul University reported that the inventory of single-family homes for sale in the Chicago metropolitan area was down about 14% in March from a year earlier.
    Tomas J. Philipson, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
  • As entrepreneurs and philanthropists based in the Chicago metropolitan area, the two spent decades as high-ranking employees in the corporate branch of McDonald’s.
    Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • Controversy came—from members of the cosmopolitan Black art scene, who had been protesting modern art museums like the Whitney for not exhibiting more work by Black artists.
    Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Looking ahead to late 2026, the intriguing Patina Tianjin will be a decidedly unique cosmopolitan gateway to discovery.
    Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Aug. 2026

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“Metro.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/metro. Accessed 10 Sep. 2026.

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