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Recent Examples of urbanity
And with many of us wound up in concrete urbanity, the livestreams offer instant transportation to the wild.
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Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2026
Advertisement Mamdani’s vision of an equitable, affordable urbanity emerges as a challenge to this long history of abandonment and exclusion.
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Fahad Zuberi,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
In Otsuki’s collection, elements of the Japanese salaryman mixed with the urbanity of Gere’s Julian Kay create a compelling blend of references that ultimately play to each designer’s strength.
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Brett F. Braley-Palko,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Their company, Southland Stories, is designed to bring to the screen the life and culture of the American South, which has been overshadowed by urbanity in pop culture, in Charlamagne’s view.
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Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
25 Mar. 2025
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Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2026
Advertisement Mamdani’s vision of an equitable, affordable urbanity emerges as a challenge to this long history of abandonment and exclusion.
—
Fahad Zuberi,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
In Otsuki’s collection, elements of the Japanese salaryman mixed with the urbanity of Gere’s Julian Kay create a compelling blend of references that ultimately play to each designer’s strength.
—
Brett F. Braley-Palko,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Their company, Southland Stories, is designed to bring to the screen the life and culture of the American South, which has been overshadowed by urbanity in pop culture, in Charlamagne’s view.
—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
25 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for urbanity
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Religiosity and nationalism have fused, displacing cosmopolitanism.
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One of Singapore’s most attractive qualities is its cosmopolitanism, its openness to the world; Raffles embodies that spirit.
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The backstory Hotel Swexan is the first hotel for the Harwood Hospitality group and is an obvious collaboration between the sophistication of a European hotel and the classic charms of Texas.
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The sophistication of the bomb used indicates that more than one perpetrator was involved, prosecutors said, adding that two men were arrested in Monaco before being released due to lack of evidence.
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Fans of trivia like to say that caring so deeply about these facts at a time of disinformation and anti-intellectualism is an act of defiance—that picking up trivia is a way to keep knowledge from being disappeared.
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The mix of academic-level intellectualism and gross-out outrageousness fits the mood Riley wants to conjure.
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To follow through on this commitment to affordability, the system implemented the Tuition Stability Plan in 2022, which locks in a student’s tuition and systemwide fees at their freshman-year rate for the duration of their undergraduate education.
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Another $10 million will pay for voter education and outreach.
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In sixteenth-century Italian pedante comedies, the Latin tutors—always the butt of the joke—are known more for the gaps in their knowledge than for their erudition.
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In her coda, Woo writes with great compassion and erudition about what can’t be found in archives, particularly the specifics of how Ellen Craft died.
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Before the yuppie era, a certain staid gentility prevailed.
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But his natural gentility is tough to dress down.
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At the time of its passing, state officials had expressed concerns about how students’ wellbeing could be harmed because of excessive phone use or cause distractions in their learning.
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Walmart’s website will curate several resources directed at Medicare beneficiaries, including a learning page that will help seniors interested in gaining coverage along with options for weight management support.
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The Associated Press receives support from Charles Schwab Foundation for educational and explanatory reporting to improve financial literacy.
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Programs could combine foundational AI literacy with sector knowledge and the communication, teamwork and judgment needed in the workplace.
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“Urbanity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urbanity. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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