metro

Example Sentences

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The Riyadh metro, which opened six lines in late 2024 after years of delays and billions of dollars of cost overruns, is regularly packed at rush hour.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

“The job market is really slow. So the No. 1 driver for migration between metro areas is affordability.”

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

The central Florida metro of Ocala had the largest percentage population gain in the U.S. last year, according to Census Bureau population estimates released last week.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Viewers in the New York metro area will also get Yankees games most Wednesday nights.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

The entire state of Idaho had one area code; the Chicago metro area alone had three.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz