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as in suburbanite
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as in cosmopolitan
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Recent Examples of urbanite
Le Breton says his association projects a 200% growth in global demand between 2025 and 2030, and is also looking at increasing consumption among Africa’s increasingly health-conscious urbanites.
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Farai Mutsaka, Fortune, 18 Sep. 2024
The bottom line: For urbanites who are looking to avoid traffic jams and brake lights, Consumer Affairs says St. Louis; Rochester, New York; Oklahoma City, Cleveland and Richmond, Virginia, have the nation's lowest traffic scores.
—Meira Gebel, Axios, 11 Sep. 2024
Ensuring that the urbanites were happy and satisfied was key to the political system’s staying power and ability to maintain order.
—Damien Ma, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2015
But Chicago’s urbanites were passionate devotees of races at Soldier Field, which hosted a number of them during the mid-20th century.
—Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2024
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Farai Mutsaka, Fortune, 18 Sep. 2024
The bottom line: For urbanites who are looking to avoid traffic jams and brake lights, Consumer Affairs says St. Louis; Rochester, New York; Oklahoma City, Cleveland and Richmond, Virginia, have the nation's lowest traffic scores.
—Meira Gebel, Axios, 11 Sep. 2024
Ensuring that the urbanites were happy and satisfied was key to the political system’s staying power and ability to maintain order.
—Damien Ma, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2015
But Chicago’s urbanites were passionate devotees of races at Soldier Field, which hosted a number of them during the mid-20th century.
—Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for urbanite
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Wildlife fanatics flock to Masai Mara for once-in-a-lifetime safaris, beach lovers island-hop through the turquoise waters of the Lamu Archipelago, and cosmopolitans appreciate Nairobi's growing culinary and art scene.Hannah Towey, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2024
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Just like globalization forced us all to become cosmopolitans (citizens of the universe) by breaking spatial boundaries, the aging of the internet compels us to become archeopolitans—citizens of an archive—by breaking down temporal boundaries.Carl Öhman, TIME, 31 July 2024
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Meanwhile, over in Riverside, KCAL’s Joy Benedict was with the residents of a senior apartment complex.Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 16 Jan. 2025
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The recent series of Santa Ana winds over the past week have resulted in multiple power outages for some San Diego Gas & Electric customers — especially residents in backcountry and East County areas.Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
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With its striking clear glass decanter, Plata makes a perfect gift for novices, sophisticates, and home bartenders.Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 25 Nov. 2024
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Want to make your witch a mid-century modern sophisticate?James Powel, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024
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Like the rest of the ocean, the Adriatic Sea is a theater of both cooperation and conflict among its inhabitants.Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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The port city’s inhabitants had heard of British war atrocities, as historian Ronald J. Drez told Louisiana Public Broadcasting in 2015.Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 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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From Atlantic beaches to Western mountains to central metropolitans, there’s a destination suited to every type of traveler.Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 14 Dec. 2024
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“Urbanite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urbanite. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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