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metropolitan

[me-truh-pol-i-tn] / ˌmɛ trəˈpɒl ɪ tn /
ADJECTIVE
concerning a city
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Rain was forecast throughout Sunday for Bangkok and its surrounding provinces and would begin to taper off on Monday, the metropolitan administration said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

Industrial production and retail sales data for August on Wednesday give another piece of the economic picture, followed by September consumer inflation figures for the Tokyo metropolitan area and the August jobs report on Friday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

If both systems ruptured within a short period, multiple major metropolitan areas could be dealing with severe damage at nearly the same time.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

Fitch’s rankings include both the larger metropolitan statistical areas, as well as metropolitan divisions, which are subdivisions of larger metro areas.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026

“All I see so far is that from being a rather vaguely known, but still largely obscure metropolitan lawyer, I have now become a world figure. You’re a good publicist.”

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov




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