metropolitan area
Example Sentences
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Union officials say the wage increases are necessary for their workers, who provide essential services that keep the city running, to live comfortably in an expensive metropolitan area.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
Samples collected in the São Paolo metropolitan area in Brazil reached 98 nanograms per cubic meter.
From Science Daily • May 13, 2026
The Hartford metropolitan area, with a population of 1.2 million, is the most cutthroat home buying market in the U.S., according to Zillow’s 2026 ranking.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
Amazon is offering one-hour deliveries to hundreds of U.S. cities and towns including parts of the Los Angeles metropolitan area.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026
Jesse couldn’t have found a less appropriate community if he’d asked AltaVista: “What’s the worst place in the greater Chicago metropolitan area for two nineteen-year-old lads from Idaho to live?”
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
