metro
Example Sentences
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Viewers in the New York metro area will also get Yankees games most Wednesday nights.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026
Chicago and New York both saw prices rise more than 5% to lead all metro markets.
From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026
The Myrtle Beach, S.C., metro grew 3.2% in the year ended last June, down a bit from 3.9% the prior year, but still faster than any other metro area in the Carolinas.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
About 40% of metro areas had more deaths than births, and rely on newcomers to grow.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
Blank walls bloomed with cross-stitch samplers Grams had sewn, pictures of my parents, and a map of D.C.’s metro system.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
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