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metro

[me-troh] / ˈmɛ troʊ /


NOUN
subway
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Burnham, who has been metro mayor of Greater Manchester since 2017, needs to be an MP again to lead the party.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

The biggest standout is Celina, Texas, a boomtown on the metro area’s far northern fringes that features master-planned communities.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Prices rose most in Elmira, N.Y., a metro just north of the Pennsylvania border, where single-family prices were 22% higher than one year prior.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

Waze, a GPS navigation company, is teaming up with Waymo to use the company’s self-driving cars to detect potholes in Los Angeles and four other major metro areas.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

It took an hour to get there, and by now I was up near the Ocala National Forest, not really even the Orlando metro area anymore.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green




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