metropolitan area
Example Sentences
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Heyward grew up in the Atlanta metropolitan area, playing on the East team, and Freeman was an Orange County native, representing the West.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
Active listings in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metropolitan area fell 7.8% in June as compared with a year ago, according to a separate report by real-estate platform Realtor.com.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
Imagine you’re a young college graduate living in a metropolitan area in the U.S.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
On Sunday, the fire was just 10 miles away from the Bordeaux metropolitan area, which is home to more than 850,000 people, according to local authorities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
With the remaining insurance money Milton rented space in three malls in the Detroit metropolitan area.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
