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as in suburbanite
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as in cosmopolitan
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Recent Examples of urbanite
In her municipality, special development zones have been filled with upscale condominiums since the 1990s, housing urbanites keen to leave the city.
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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
Some of their ideas are quite traditional, which adds extra dissonance to their makeover as hip, happy urbanites.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 25 Jan. 2025
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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
Some of their ideas are quite traditional, which adds extra dissonance to their makeover as hip, happy urbanites.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 25 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for urbanite
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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
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Whereas descendants of the British are much more classically viewed as cosmopolitans.—
Isaac Chotiner,
The New Yorker,
19 Feb. 2025
Noun
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While most of the council was in favor, a majority of residents in public comment opposed the idea.—
Emma Hall,
Sacbee.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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The city's proposal includes $3 million for a subsidy program for low-income residents in single-family dwellings.—
Andrew Keatts,
Axios,
9 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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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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Arizona's population has skyrocketed over the past decade — but some of the highest rates of growth have occurred outside of our major metropolitans, per an Axios analysis of the latest U.S. Census Bureau estimates.—
Jessica Boehm,
Axios,
9 Jan. 2025
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“Urbanite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urbanite. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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