metropolitan

Example Sentences

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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

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.

From The Wall Street Journal

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