metropolitan
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But of the 10 fastest-growing metropolitan areas in 2025, nine had more homes for sale than before the pandemic, a Barron’s analysis of Realtor.com and government data suggest.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
"Running around on these things in densely packed metropolitan areas? It would be mental."
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
But the scale of the demonstrations — stretching from major international metropolitan hubs to small towns in rural America — signals a level of mobilization that is increasingly difficult to ignore.
From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026
Last week, Amazon said it would start providing one-hour deliveries to parts of the Los Angeles metropolitan area.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026
Jesse couldn’t have found a less appropriate community if he’d asked AltaVista: “What’s the worst place in the greater Chicago metropolitan area for two nineteen-year-old lads from Idaho to live?”
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
Vocabulary lists containing metropolitan
Southeast Asia - Introductory
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