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metro

[me-troh] / ˈmɛ troʊ /


NOUN
subway
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Others perched on the wall surrounding the elevator exit of a closed-off metro station.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

Cityview is getting a roughly 40% discount for a newly renovated apartment complex in the Dallas metro area that was foreclosed on.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

Shopping centres close and above-ground metro stations suspend operations, often severing public transport links between Kyiv's Left and Right Banks, on either side of the Dnieper River, for hours at a time.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

New metro operating rules during air raid alerts are being introduced in an attempt to improve the situation.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Mrs. Laurencin had made a call to the local newspaper, and Mrs. Olinski and The Souls were featured above the fold on the first page of the metro section of the Epiphany Times.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg

The data release also covers the London Underground, trams, metros and other light rail services.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

A typical studio across the 50 largest U.S. metros would consume just 20.9% of a Computer Science graduate’s salary and 24.8% of a Business graduate’s, roughly half the share required in NYC, Realtor.com says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

These are the top five metros where for-sale listings saw the biggest increase in the number of days spent on the market, according to data provided by Realtor.com.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026

Louisville/Jefferson County had the highest share of “stale” listings among the 50 most populous metros in America.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026

In many metros, property owners with hefty piles of home equity and no reason to relocate are still sitting it out, giving buyers few options.

From Barron's ● May 31, 2026




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