up·town
ˈəp-ˈtau̇n 
1
: of or relating to uptown
an uptown restaurant
2
: fashionably upscale
an uptown dress
uptown
adverb
up·town
ˈəp-ˌtau̇n
: the upper part of a city or town
also
: the residential district of a city or town
Examples of uptown in a Sentence
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Sam Faddis, Baltimore Sun, 6 May 2024
New York police arrested 109 demonstrators at Columbia and 173 other demonstrators at City College, in uptown Manhattan, on April 30.
—John J. Sloan Iii, The Conversation, 1 May 2024
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Adjective
On one side of that divide are wealthy individuals, often with graduate degrees who live in the uptown neighborhoods of heavily populated urban areas.
—Sam Faddis, Baltimore Sun, 6 May 2024
New York police arrested 109 demonstrators at Columbia and 173 other demonstrators at City College, in uptown Manhattan, on April 30.
—John J. Sloan Iii, The Conversation, 1 May 2024
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“Uptown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uptown. Accessed 1 Jun. 2024.
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