as in midtown
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as in hip
keenly aware of and responsive to the latest developments especially in fashion and entertainment
the downtown clientele of this bistro come to be seen, and the food is only an afterthought
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Recent Examples of downtown
Kathy A. McDonald, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024
She was first elected to the City Council in 2013 to represent the portions of downtown and south Phoenix that fall under District 8.
—Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
Kavya Beheraj, Axios, 23 July 2024
Pre-pandemic, 70% of San Francisco jobs were downtown, per the San Francisco Chronicle, and about 75% of the city’s GDP stemmed from office work—which is what most of downtown was dedicated to.
—Byjane Thier, Fortune, 17 July 2024
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Noun
Drop into downtown’s Stray Pirate Bar for innovative tropical cocktails or Chinatown’s 24-hourGolden Tiki, both imaginatively decorated to the kitschy max.
—Kathy A. McDonald, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024
She was first elected to the City Council in 2013 to represent the portions of downtown and south Phoenix that fall under District 8.
—Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
Adjective
Zoom in: The worst heat intensity is downtown, along the lakefront and in part of Uptown near the Port of New Orleans, Climate Central says.
—Kavya Beheraj, Axios, 23 July 2024
Pre-pandemic, 70% of San Francisco jobs were downtown, per the San Francisco Chronicle, and about 75% of the city’s GDP stemmed from office work—which is what most of downtown was dedicated to.
—Byjane Thier, Fortune, 17 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for downtown
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Graynor joined a bevy of partygoers decked out in plaid for the Burberry celebration in midtown that brought together dozens of stars to the store.Elizabeth Taylor, Variety, 23 Oct. 2024
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In midtown, programming kicked off in the Paradise Club at the Times Square Edition and there was much to see.Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2024
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It was seen as the hipper, edgier alternative to entrenched establishment clubs like Annabel’s and White’s.Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Mar. 2024
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These looks feel decidedly cooler and hipper than your standard suit, which can often read too buttoned-up or formal for a more casual outing.Christian Allaire, Vogue, 2 Mar. 2023
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Just as, college towns and inner cities offers more guarantees for Vice President Harris than heavily blue-collar and Hispanic communities.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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In many parts of the country, suburbs and exurbs have seen the biggest population gains in the last decade, while inner cities have often lost residents.Mira Rojanasakul, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2024
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When the former best friends and lovers went through a divorce two years later in 2011, the debtor partially revoked the WPT to be able to pay his divorce obligations to his now ex-wife.Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
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Robert De Niro was rumored to have made similar comments back in 2017 to his now ex-wife Grace Hightower.Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 16 Oct. 2024
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New Balance has had a dramatic shift in image, from being famously seen as uncool to becoming very fashionable in recent years.Ayesha Javed, TIME, 3 Nov. 2024
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Juicy Couture winter jacket: $39.99 This beautiful Juicy Couture winter jacket can keep your child warm and fashionable on the playground.Nora Colomer, Fox News, 2 Nov. 2024
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Optical atomic clocks, accurate to picoseconds, will enable satellite constellations and ground stations to determine satellites’ locations with centimeter-level precision—avoiding potentially catastrophic in-orbit collisions.Paul Lipman, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
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Southland Prep celebrates at ‘All-In’ college rally Southland College Prep Charter High School in Richton Park recently celebrated for the tenth consecutive year that all members of its senior class have been accepted to college.Paul Eisenberg, Chicago Tribune, 5 May 2023
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All the ballots are in Cobb County, a northern suburb of Atlanta that voted for Joe Biden in 2020.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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And yet on the first day of early voting, in Weaverville, a suburb of Asheville, the parking lot of one voting site—the Weaverville Community Center, in Buncombe County—was full, and the line snaked around the block, almost a full hour before voting had even begun.The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
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Meanwhile, the Sorel Women’s Ona 503 Hikers are undeniably stylish for shoppers looking to blend fashion and function, and the 50 percent off price tag certainly doesn’t hurt.Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2024
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Rob’s direction is stylish; BoulderLight’s understanding of modern audiences is unmatched – and together the filmmakers are best in class.Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Downtown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downtown. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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