metro

Definition of metronext

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Recent Examples of metro Early voting begins Saturday for the Georgia’s primary runoffs in some metro Atlanta counties. — Chris Joyner, AJC.com, 5 June 2026 The metro Atlanta senator, who represents Senate District 44, made the announcement on a video posted to Facebook on Thursday. — Dan Raby, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026 On June 2 almost 3 million protestors took to the streets in Istanbul alone, about the entire metro population of Denver. — Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026 Surely Chicago, with a metro population of 9 million, can support 14 daily frequencies to destinations of 400,000-plus less than 150 miles away — especially when trains to both destinations can use the same track for the first 114 miles. — F.k. Plous, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for metro
Recent Examples of Synonyms for metro
Adjective
  • The rise of major metropolitan centers around the world, for example, brought with it Baudelaire’s flâneur just as transcontinental railroads made narrative skips in space and time more legible.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Tokyo’s metropolitan government launched its own dating app in 2024, and by June 2026, 265 couples had married through the service, according to Global Dating Insights.
    — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • From its airy midcentury modern design to the unbeatable views of Chicago’s skyline and Lake Michigan, Le Méridien Essex Chicago fits all the cosmopolitan chic of the Windy City’s downtown into 14 compact stories.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • This is progressive calypso, complex, and cosmopolitan, as the tracks leap out of the speakers with the propulsion of a tropical hurricane.
    — Ernesto Lechner, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2026

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“Metro.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/metro. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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