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as in suburbanite
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as in cosmopolitan
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Recent Examples of urbanite
Either way, their biological legacies were in fact extinguished: imperial Roman urbanites left little detectable genetic trace in subsequent Europeans.
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Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
In her municipality, special development zones have been filled with upscale condominiums since the 1990s, housing urbanites keen to leave the city.
—Sammy Feldblum, The Dial, 30 Jan. 2025
The first Russia consists of urbanites in large cities, many of whom work in the postindustrial economy and are culturally connected to the West.
—Vladislav Zubok, Foreign Affairs, 21 June 2022
In major cities such as New York, the growth of run clubs have been fueled by urbanites looking for matchmaking opportunities beyond dating apps or IRL relationships outside of social media.
—Lei Takanashi, CNN, 6 Feb. 2025
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Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
In her municipality, special development zones have been filled with upscale condominiums since the 1990s, housing urbanites keen to leave the city.
—Sammy Feldblum, The Dial, 30 Jan. 2025
The first Russia consists of urbanites in large cities, many of whom work in the postindustrial economy and are culturally connected to the West.
—Vladislav Zubok, Foreign Affairs, 21 June 2022
In major cities such as New York, the growth of run clubs have been fueled by urbanites looking for matchmaking opportunities beyond dating apps or IRL relationships outside of social media.
—Lei Takanashi, CNN, 6 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for urbanite
Noun
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The season’s final scene was with Seema (Choudhury) and Carrie drinking cosmopolitans on the beach in Greece.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Apr. 2025
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Billionaire cosmopolitans who want to hire immigrants don’t mix easily with vehemently nativist populists who want to ratchet up taxes on said billionaires.—
Ali Breland,
The Atlantic,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Some Palisades residents also expressed hope about the mayor’s proposal to provide additional resources to the Fire Department.—
Noah Goldberg,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2025
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Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued a consumer alert April 8 to warn residents about scammers using bitcoin ATMs to defraud consumers.—
Susan Tompor,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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Neither film mentions the pandemic, but both show how a circle of moneyed, urban sophisticates represses feelings about death and anxiety.—
Armond White,
National Review,
2 Apr. 2025
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Its release comes amid a burgeoning arms race for salary cap tools and sophisticates.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
20 Mar. 2025
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Aldabra’s only inhabitants today are two dozen scientific and support staff living and working at its research station in a handful of low buildings clustered around a red-and-white lighthouse.—
Kevin Gepford,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 Apr. 2025
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In 1544, Barbarossa, a corsair who had risen to become admiral of the Ottoman navy, raided the island and carried away into slavery almost a thousand inhabitants—practically the island’s entire population.—
Lee Marshall,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Apr. 2025
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From Atlantic beaches to Western mountains to central metropolitans, there’s a destination suited to every type of traveler.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
21 Apr. 2025
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Han, looking almost cartoonishly mid-century metropolitan, wears a dark coat, with the lapel snapped up, over a white shirt and a dark tie.—
E. Tammy Kim,
The New Yorker,
18 Jan. 2025
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“Urbanite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urbanite. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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