metropolitan
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While news coverage via helicopter is not necessarily unique to Los Angeles, it is more prominent compared to other major metropolitan areas.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
The smaller Newark, N.J., metropolitan division is a grouping within the larger metro area.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
They built their economies around an industry that relied on an ever-growing prison population, mostly from California’s major metropolitan areas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
In the Nice Côte d'Azur metropolitan area, dense development and heavy tourism make the challenge especially demanding.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
In 1945, for instance, AT&T began introducing a kind-of mobile phone service, derived from military radio technology, in a few metropolitan markets in the United States.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
Vocabulary lists containing metropolitan
Southeast Asia - Introductory
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