metropolitan
Example Sentences
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Prices in an index tracking 20 of the nation’s large metropolitan areas rose 0.9% from a year ago, according to S&P Cotality Case-Shiller index data.
From Barron's • Apr. 25, 2026
The number of residents who rode their local rail lines in two of California’s major metropolitan cities jumped significantly last month.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026
"Running around on these things in densely packed metropolitan areas? It would be mental."
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
The fastest-growing metropolitan areas in the U.S. last year came with a very big attraction: a lot of homes for sale.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
From the rear—particularly where his vertebrae were visible—he might almost have passed for one of those needy metropolitan children who are sent out every summer to endowed camps to be fattened and sunned.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
Vocabulary lists containing metropolitan
Southeast Asia - Introductory
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