met·ro
ˈme-(ˌ)trō 
Examples of metro in a Sentence
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Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2024
Tennessee 12-month inflation: 3.8% As home prices soared in larger metro areas, many Americans sought refuge in Tennessee for its more affordable housing, big-city amenities in Nashville, diverse economy and robust job opportunities.
—Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2024
The metro area includes more than 3 million people, which is more than half the state's population.
—Trisha Ahmed, Quartz, 8 Apr. 2024
Those in southeastern Missouri will find historical odds for cloud-free viewing more or less matching the odds in Arkansas, and those in the Chicago metro area should find their best bet is to head toward the southern part of Illinois, according to Albert Ramon, chief meteorologist for CBS Chicago.
—Eric Henderson, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2024
Rents rose at similar rates in the D.C. and Baltimore metro areas, census data shows, though rents in the suburbs around the District were higher to begin with.
—Emily Guskin, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2024
Like many Black artists in the metro, Easterwood believes that Kansas City’s art scene has historically offered few options for artists of color looking to show their work.
—J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 5 Apr. 2024
The Denver metro and Front Range are under a high wind warning starting Saturday morning, with forecasters predicting gusts of up to 100 mph in the foothills on Saturday.
—Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 5 Apr. 2024
This was the strongest quake in the greater New York City metro area since 1884, according to the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University.
—Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 5 Apr. 2024
Journal Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2024
Before 2016, there typically wasn’t much difference in how metro and non-metro counties voted for state Supreme Court.
—Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2023
The election results also support the deepening metro vs. non-metro divide with the Seventh District going Republican, the Minnesota Senate remaining Republican, and Trump carrying most non-metro counties, all in the face of Democrat Joe Biden carrying the state.
—Star Tribune, 24 Dec. 2020
And every day, trains crawl through metro Atlanta suburbs from Marietta to Morrow.
—Kelly Yamanouchi, ajc, 24 Feb. 2023
For the most part they’re considered country inns—nothing too fancy—and are located in non-metro areas, including the island’s beach towns and mountain villages.
—Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 May 2022
The plan is for all metro area Cupcake Stations to eventually be remodeled and rebranded as Bakehouse46.
—Steve Pepple, Detroit Free Press, 13 May 2020
Restaurants in the metro Atlanta region have since Monday been able to accept customers to eat inside, as long as the businesses follow a slate of 39 provisions set up by the state government.
—Kerry Picket, Washington Examiner, 29 Apr. 2020
At that time in March, most metro Detroit hospitals were filling up with patients who were sick with coronavirus as the region's surge in cases began.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, Freep.com, 10 May 2020
Noun
In the Los Angeles-Long Beach metro area, a gallon of regular self-serve gasoline costs a few pennies less on average than in the rest of the state: $5.34.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2024
Tennessee 12-month inflation: 3.8% As home prices soared in larger metro areas, many Americans sought refuge in Tennessee for its more affordable housing, big-city amenities in Nashville, diverse economy and robust job opportunities.
—Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2024
The metro area includes more than 3 million people, which is more than half the state's population.
—Trisha Ahmed, Quartz, 8 Apr. 2024
Those in southeastern Missouri will find historical odds for cloud-free viewing more or less matching the odds in Arkansas, and those in the Chicago metro area should find their best bet is to head toward the southern part of Illinois, according to Albert Ramon, chief meteorologist for CBS Chicago.
—Eric Henderson, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2024
Rents rose at similar rates in the D.C. and Baltimore metro areas, census data shows, though rents in the suburbs around the District were higher to begin with.
—Emily Guskin, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2024
Like many Black artists in the metro, Easterwood believes that Kansas City’s art scene has historically offered few options for artists of color looking to show their work.
—J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 5 Apr. 2024
The Denver metro and Front Range are under a high wind warning starting Saturday morning, with forecasters predicting gusts of up to 100 mph in the foothills on Saturday.
—Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 5 Apr. 2024
This was the strongest quake in the greater New York City metro area since 1884, according to the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University.
—Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 5 Apr. 2024
Adjective
Historic Milwaukee Spaces & Traces 2024 Historic Milwaukee Inc. presents its 42nd annual Spaces & Traces tour from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 4, featuring mid-century modern homes in the metro Milwaukee area.
—Journal Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2024
Before 2016, there typically wasn’t much difference in how metro and non-metro counties voted for state Supreme Court.
—Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2023
The election results also support the deepening metro vs. non-metro divide with the Seventh District going Republican, the Minnesota Senate remaining Republican, and Trump carrying most non-metro counties, all in the face of Democrat Joe Biden carrying the state.
—Star Tribune, 24 Dec. 2020
And every day, trains crawl through metro Atlanta suburbs from Marietta to Morrow.
—Kelly Yamanouchi, ajc, 24 Feb. 2023
For the most part they’re considered country inns—nothing too fancy—and are located in non-metro areas, including the island’s beach towns and mountain villages.
—Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 May 2022
The plan is for all metro area Cupcake Stations to eventually be remodeled and rebranded as Bakehouse46.
—Steve Pepple, Detroit Free Press, 13 May 2020
Restaurants in the metro Atlanta region have since Monday been able to accept customers to eat inside, as long as the businesses follow a slate of 39 provisions set up by the state government.
—Kerry Picket, Washington Examiner, 29 Apr. 2020
At that time in March, most metro Detroit hospitals were filling up with patients who were sick with coronavirus as the region's surge in cases began.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, Freep.com, 10 May 2020
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