met·ro
ˈme-(ˌ)trō 
Examples of metro in a Sentence
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Alia Wong, The Courier-Journal, 16 May 2024
Workers in the Los Angeles, San Jose and San Diego metro areas who had been paid below minimum wage lost on average about 20% of the money they were owed, or as much as $4,000 a year, the study found.
—Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
Yesterday’s rain may continue in the Denver metro area this afternoon with a 20% chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3 p.m. and a high of 72 degrees.
—Julianna O'Clair, The Denver Post, 13 May 2024
An 80-foot-tall Uniroyal tire, originally built as a Ferris wheel for the 1964 New York World's Fair, has welcomed incoming metro Detroiters off of I-94 for decades.
—Amelia Benavides-Colón, Detroit Free Press, 13 May 2024
The East Bay also has a higher vacancy rate than the San Francisco or San Jose metro areas — hovering around 7%, compared to 5% for the others.
—Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 12 May 2024
The pictures, that look like wallpaper photos, have shown palm trees with an Ombre pink background and metro cities with a distinctive overcast.
—Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY, 11 May 2024
United: Despite the busy travel season coming up, one of the U.S.’s major airline carriers still has deals for flights from our country’s largest metro areas, including Chicago, Houston, Denver, San Francisco, and more.
—Dan Koday, Travel + Leisure, 10 May 2024
Most metro Phoenix school districts are scheduled to have students return to class in early August for the 2024-25 school year.
—Marcus Reichley, The Arizona Republic, 10 May 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
A little more than half of the students in the study live in a metro area where the wealthiest communities get the most resources.
—Alia Wong, The Courier-Journal, 16 May 2024
Workers in the Los Angeles, San Jose and San Diego metro areas who had been paid below minimum wage lost on average about 20% of the money they were owed, or as much as $4,000 a year, the study found.
—Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
Yesterday’s rain may continue in the Denver metro area this afternoon with a 20% chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3 p.m. and a high of 72 degrees.
—Julianna O'Clair, The Denver Post, 13 May 2024
An 80-foot-tall Uniroyal tire, originally built as a Ferris wheel for the 1964 New York World's Fair, has welcomed incoming metro Detroiters off of I-94 for decades.
—Amelia Benavides-Colón, Detroit Free Press, 13 May 2024
The East Bay also has a higher vacancy rate than the San Francisco or San Jose metro areas — hovering around 7%, compared to 5% for the others.
—Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 12 May 2024
The pictures, that look like wallpaper photos, have shown palm trees with an Ombre pink background and metro cities with a distinctive overcast.
—Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY, 11 May 2024
United: Despite the busy travel season coming up, one of the U.S.’s major airline carriers still has deals for flights from our country’s largest metro areas, including Chicago, Houston, Denver, San Francisco, and more.
—Dan Koday, Travel + Leisure, 10 May 2024
Most metro Phoenix school districts are scheduled to have students return to class in early August for the 2024-25 school year.
—Marcus Reichley, The Arizona Republic, 10 May 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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“Metro.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/metro. Accessed 19 May. 2024.
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