metropolitan

Example Sentences

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Instead, some developers are training their sights on smaller metropolitan areas and more rural regions—such as Wyoming.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 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

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

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

They are standing for a mixture of district, metropolitan, unitary and county councils.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

All the major European capitals—Berlin, London, Paris, Rome, Vienna—were metropolitan centers that gathered together the political, economic, and cultural energies of their respective populations in one place.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis