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Examples of metropolitan in a Sentence
Hannah Towey, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Jan. 2024
In September, median asking rents in the 50 largest metropolitans dropped to $1,747, according to Realtor.com’s latest rental report released on Monday.
—Byalena Botros, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2023
RentCafe’s report was based on Integrated Public Use Microdata Series, or IPUMS, data from the University of Minnesota looking at the nation’s 110 largest metropolitans.
—Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2023
The city was the last metropolitan in Alabama to rid itself of the commission form of government.
—John Sharp, al, 18 Jan. 2022
Thailand declared semi-lockdowns in the Bangkok metropolitan and 6 other province on July 12.
—Fernando Alfonso Iii, CNN, 17 July 2021
But truly rural areas are a relatively small slice of the electorate: In 2016, only 14 percent of all voters cast ballots in counties defined by the Census Bureau as non-metropolitan.
—David Wasserman, NBC News, 28 Oct. 2019
Brexit devolved into an identity war: an English counter-revolution between nationalists and internationalists, country geezers versus young metropolitans, Little England versus Great Britain.
—Tina Brown, Time, 6 June 2019
The new list ranks the country's 125 largest metropolitan areas based on affordability, job prospects and quality of life.
—Enquirer Staff, Cincinnati.com, 13 Apr. 2018
Ashley Carnahan, Fox News, 6 Apr. 2024
Residents across the Northeast were rattled by a 4.8 magnitude earthquake that shook the densely populated New York City metropolitan area and much of the surrounding region on Friday morning.
—Lucia Suarez Sang, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2024
An earthquake shook the densely populated New York City metropolitan area the morning of April 5, the U.S. Geological Survey said, with residents across the Northeast reporting rumbling in a region where people are unaccustomed to feeling the ground move.
—Jennifer Peltz, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Apr. 2024
An earthquake shook the densely populated New York City metropolitan area Friday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said, with residents across the Northeast reporting rumbling in a region where people are unaccustomed to feeling the ground move.
—Jennifer Peltz, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2024
Grovetown is part of the Augusta metropolitan area in east Georgia.
—Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2024
Last March, the Bay Area became the first U.S. metropolitan area where half of all new vehicle registrations were for EVs and hybrids, according to S&P Global Mobility.
—Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2024
New York City’s metropolitan area, including parts of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, has the most million-dollar cities with 106 — 24 more than a year ago.
—Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2024
Trump won the Republican vote in the rural north and west but was thrashed in metropolitan Milwaukee and Madison.
—Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2024
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Word History
Adjective
Middle English, from Late Latin metropolitanus of the see of a metropolitan, from metropolita, noun, metropolitan, from Late Greek mētropolitēs, from mētropolis see of a metropolitan, from Greek, capital
Noun
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Adjective
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Metropolitan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/metropolitan. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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