metropolitan
Example Sentences
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Rain was forecast throughout Sunday for Bangkok and its surrounding provinces and would begin to taper off on Monday, the metropolitan administration said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
If both systems ruptured within a short period, multiple major metropolitan areas could be dealing with severe damage at nearly the same time.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
Two state-level territories went to the polls Sunday, Mecklenburg-West Pomerania and the Berlin metropolitan area.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
During the Obama years, the state was becoming younger, more concentrated around metropolitan areas, more diverse, and more white-collar.
From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2026
“The fringe is a large, sort of chaotic place between Chicago and the nearest government-regulated metropolitan area, Milwaukee, which is about a three-hour drive from here.”
From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth
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Vocabulary lists containing metropolitan
Southeast Asia - Introductory
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