urbanite

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Recent Examples of urbanite 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 There is often a long waiting period for medical attention, and rural residents often lack access to the same medical technology, beds, and equipment as urbanites. Eduardo J. Gómez, Foreign Affairs, 5 Feb. 2014 See All Example Sentences for urbanite
Recent Examples of Synonyms for urbanite
Noun
  • 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
  • Whereas descendants of the British are much more classically viewed as cosmopolitans.
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • Its release comes amid a burgeoning arms race for salary cap tools and sophisticates.
    Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 20 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The inhabitants include a grocer, a travel agent, a general practitioner, a mayor.
    James Wood, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Around 100 inhabitants split across three main groups are thought to remain on North Sentinel Island, located about 740 miles from the Indian mainland.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 3 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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 16 Apr. 2025.

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