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Recent Examples of urbanite
For a book that focused on Black and brown urbanites with Caribbean and Latine connections, my playlist artists included Sade, Beyoncé, Rubén Blades, Kaytranada, La India, Luther Vandross, H.E.R., Gloria Estefan, Bad Bunny and more, some of whom are directly referenced on the page.
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Clarence A. Haynes
july 3, Literary Hub, 3 July 2025
That type of foresight would be shared with readers decades before all-black wardrobes would become common with urbanites in major cities.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 17 June 2025
This progress has extended to informal settlements, the unplanned areas where the lowest-income urbanites live.
—Christine Ro, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
China's new urbanites have enduring ties to the land.
—Salvatore Babones, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2015
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Clarence A. Haynes
july 3, Literary Hub, 3 July 2025
That type of foresight would be shared with readers decades before all-black wardrobes would become common with urbanites in major cities.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 17 June 2025
This progress has extended to informal settlements, the unplanned areas where the lowest-income urbanites live.
—Christine Ro, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
China's new urbanites have enduring ties to the land.
—Salvatore Babones, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2015
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for urbanite
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The film, which brings back Bob Odenkirk as a typical suburbanite who racks up a serious body count when not driving a minivan, is projected to earn between $10 million to $12 million from 3,200 North American theaters.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
15 Aug. 2025
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Kevin Nealon played Doug Wilson, a weed-loving suburbanite who gets tangled up in Nancy's drug business.—
Samantha Stutsman,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Alas, Jewish skeptics of Zionism who preferred to think of themselves as cosmopolitans found no reprieve.—
Ian Buruma,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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The adjective cosmopolitan only begins to describe Sajet, who has had important life experiences on four continents.—
Jim Higgins,
jsonline.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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Fear, anger and solidarity are colliding across Minneapolis, as residents describe a city where daily life now relies on warnings and mutual care.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
2 Feb. 2026
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Additional Blink camera footage provided by residents similarly shows the suspect partially clothed or nude in common hallways, the sheriff's office said.—
Sophia Compton,
FOXNews.com,
2 Feb. 2026
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Despite parents’ efforts, allowances aren’t necessarily minting a new generation of financial sophisticates.—
Michael Waters,
The Atlantic,
10 Dec. 2025
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Few things jar the delicate pretensions of the cocktail sophisticate so much as a drink with a chicken on top.—
The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
Denver Post,
28 Oct. 2025
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Half the contestants would be the colonists; the others, the island’s indigenous inhabitants.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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For one of the few times in the history of the remote arctic nation of roughly 56,000 inhabitants, Greenland is making international headlines.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Jan. 2026
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As for the documentary, that was spurred by Scorsese's trip to Polizzi Generosa, a town where her father's ancestors are from, in the Italian metropolitan of Palermo.—
Ralphie Aversa,
USA Today,
10 Dec. 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,
21 Apr. 2025
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The strained awkwardness of Adelina and Alban’s gestures of generosity underscore the class disparity between the city dwellers and their relatives.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Jan. 2026
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Kyiv residents endure long daily blackouts as Russia devastates the power system, leaving tower block dwellers freezing in apartments with no heat or light.—
Derek Gatopoulos,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Jan. 2026
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“Urbanite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urbanite. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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