metropolitan
Example Sentences
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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.
The metropolitan area of 42 million is sinking, partly due to groundwater extraction.
From Barron's
This week, those vacationing at all-inclusive resorts outside of the major metropolitan areas in Puerto Vallarta largely experienced business as usual, Lee said, based on reports from clients in Mexico.
UC Riverside, in a larger metropolitan area, also dropped football long ago but jumped into Division I and the Big West Conference for its sports in 2000.
From Los Angeles Times
More than half of the cases come from Guadalajara's metropolitan area.
From Barron's
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