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metropolitan

[me-truh-pol-i-tn] / ˌmɛ trəˈpɒl ɪ tn /
ADJECTIVE
concerning a city
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Some noncoastal ad firms as a result are more aggressively pitching themselves as the friendly antithesis to faceless, famous agencies, now embracing rather than apologizing for their lack of metropolitan elitism.

From The Wall Street Journal

Trends at the metropolitan area level varied, even within the same state.

From Barron's

Trends at the metropolitan area level varied, even within the same state.

From Barron's

And New York City is the most expensive metropolitan area outside of a clutch of California cities and Seattle, according to Commerce Department data.

From MarketWatch

Milan is Italy's second-largest city after Rome, and its metropolitan area stretches across much of Lombardy and into eastern Piedmont.

From Science Daily