metropolitan

Example Sentences

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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

The expedited delivery options have been available in parts of large metropolitan areas including Los Angeles, Chicago and Washington, D.C., as well as smaller cities such as Des Moines, Iowa and Boise, Idaho, Amazon said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Crockett performed well in Texas's major metropolitan areas - including her home city of Dallas as well as Houston - and the eastern portion of the state, with its large black population.

From BBC

Excluding fresh food, consumer prices in the Tokyo metropolitan area rose 1.8% in February from a year earlier, compared with the 2.0% increase seen in January.

From The Wall Street Journal

The metropolitan area of 42 million is sinking, partly due to groundwater extraction.

From Barron's