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metropolitan

[me-truh-pol-i-tn] / ˌmɛ trəˈpɒl ɪ tn /
ADJECTIVE
concerning a city
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"Running around on these things in densely packed metropolitan areas? It would be mental."

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

But the scale of the demonstrations — stretching from major international metropolitan hubs to small towns in rural America — signals a level of mobilization that is increasingly difficult to ignore.

From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026

Last week, Amazon said it would start providing one-hour deliveries to parts of the Los Angeles metropolitan area.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

In metropolitan Denmark, the row over the vast Arctic island has however not been central in the campaign.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

With the remaining insurance money Milton rented space in three malls in the Detroit metropolitan area.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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