metropolitan

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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

The model is also spreading well beyond big metropolitan markets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

In metropolitan Denmark, polling stations close at 8:00 pm, with exit polls expected to be published just after.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 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

According to one study, during a twelve-year period, the number of people returning from prison back home to “core counties”—those counties that contain the inner city of a metropolitan area—tripled.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander