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metro

[me-troh] / ˈmɛ troʊ /


NOUN
subway
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Several hundred officers who police France's trains and the Paris metro are to be armed with stun guns on an experimental basis in a bid to increase security, Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot said on Thursday.

From Barron's

Tehran’s municipality has identified metro stations, parking lots and other locations that could serve as bomb shelters, Ali Nasiri, a crisis management official, told state media in late January.

From The Wall Street Journal

In Austin, Texas, this January, rents were 6.3% lower than the same month a year ago — the sharpest decline among the top 50 metro areas in America.

From MarketWatch

That wasn’t the highest rate among the top 50 metros Redfin analyzed — that distinction goes to Atlanta, where 22.5% of pending sales in December fell out of contract.

From MarketWatch

Homebuying affordability is improving in 37 of the 50 most populous U.S. metro areas.

From The Wall Street Journal