metropolitan
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Samples collected in the São Paolo metropolitan area in Brazil reached 98 nanograms per cubic meter.
From Science Daily • May 13, 2026
On the newspaper front, Diller said if large enterprises such as the Washington Post can’t get subscription revenue that goes beyond their metropolitan markets, they are “doomed.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
Patients face an average wait of 31 days to secure a new doctor’s appointment, according to AMN Healthcare’s 2025 Survey of Physician Appointment Wait Times, which covers major metropolitan areas.
From MarketWatch • May 1, 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
The church was a strange little white frame building stuck up on a hill behind the police station, built when the city was a country town instead of part of the metropolitan Washington sprawl.
From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson
Vocabulary lists containing metropolitan
Southeast Asia - Introductory
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