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metro

[me-troh] / ˈmɛ troʊ /


NOUN
subway
Synonyms


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The Kansas City metro area, with about 2.2 million residents, is the smallest of the 16 cities hosting in the U.S.,

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

“The job market is really slow. So the No. 1 driver for migration between metro areas is affordability.”

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

The central Florida metro of Ocala had the biggest population percentage gain in the U.S. last year, per Census estimates, followed by Myrtle Beach and Spartanburg, S.C.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Viewers in the New York metro area will also get Yankees games most Wednesday nights.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

I gave the sports page to my dad and unfolded the metro region section.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen