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metropolitan

[me-truh-pol-i-tn] / ˌmɛ trəˈpɒl ɪ tn /
ADJECTIVE
concerning a city
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The Regional Plan Association is a non-profit civic organization focused on urban planning for the New York metropolitan area.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026

Buyers and sellers are seeing the biggest differences compared with last year in West Palm Beach, which saw a near-40% increase in pending sales, Redfin data cataloging the nation’s largest metropolitan areas show.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

In 19 of the 100 largest metropolitan areas, the alignment between listing prices and incomes has gotten better than it was even before the pandemic.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

A Federal Reserve paper published last year found substantial and arbitrary variation in agent commissions across metropolitan areas.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 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




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