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Recent Examples of urbanity
Nature and urbanity uncomfortably thrust together — part of the allure and danger of Los Angeles.
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August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2025
In this volume, the designer reflects deeply on the diverse aesthetics of French urbanity versus rural living.
—Maya Ibbitson, Architectural Digest, 4 Nov. 2024
Emerging from the confines of urbanity, the true capabilities of the S7's heart began to show.
—Kyle Edward, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
The original safari outfitter, Banana Republic’s recent designs nod to its adventurous heritage while maintaining a sophisticated urbanity.
—Ryan Haase, Travel + Leisure, 8 Nov. 2023
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August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2025
In this volume, the designer reflects deeply on the diverse aesthetics of French urbanity versus rural living.
—Maya Ibbitson, Architectural Digest, 4 Nov. 2024
Emerging from the confines of urbanity, the true capabilities of the S7's heart began to show.
—Kyle Edward, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
The original safari outfitter, Banana Republic’s recent designs nod to its adventurous heritage while maintaining a sophisticated urbanity.
—Ryan Haase, Travel + Leisure, 8 Nov. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for urbanity
Noun
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That suit, with its flowing lines and subtle color palette, also marked a pivot away from the louder, bigger, bolder ethos of the ‘80s and toward a quieter definition of sophistication.—
Belinda Luscombe,
Time,
5 Sep. 2025
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Complete with eight bedrooms and a whopping 15 bathrooms, the 14,969-square-foot mansion is a brilliant combination of beach chic, sophistication and romance both inside and out.—
TJ Macias,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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But few people think of pop-music critics as pillars of American intellectualism, and even fewer think of pop stars as an endangered species.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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Where Kennedy saw a dynamic future in science and exploration, the current presidential administration is laser-focused on deregulation, anti-intellectualism, privatization and a retreat from global cooperative economic and foreign policy agreements.—
Leah M. Wright,
CNN Money,
23 Aug. 2025
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One of the most important goals is creating a society where everyone can have the ability to succeed through education, hard work, and entrepreneurship.—
Kristen Edgreen Kaufman,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Martin Agran, a University of Wyoming professor who focuses on special education, said the research shows that there’s an overuse of restraint and seclusion.—
IndyStar,
IndyStar,
8 Sep. 2025
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With Marshall Curry‘s The New Yorker at 100, a magazine famous for its erudition and curation receives a polished, amusing and generally superficial Reader’s Digest summary of a documentary.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Aug. 2025
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Fauset’s work at The Crisis showcased a remarkable display of erudition, leaving me eager to learn about her own writing life.—
Glory Edim
August 27,
Literary Hub,
27 Aug. 2025
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Modesty, gentility, and protocol have no place in the apartment grope.—
Nicholas Pileggi,
Curbed,
15 Aug. 2025
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During his adolescence, the sensibility among the youth was to turn away from the gentility of the race man and toward the existential and the militant.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
14 June 2025
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But neurodivergent children may benefit from specialized learning.—
Suzanne Wright,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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According to Oxford Learning, homework can help improve student achievement, reinforce classroom learning and give parents (and teachers) an opportunity to see where their children are struggling.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
3 Sep. 2025
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While still remaining a taboo topic in many circles, there is clearly a growing appetite for financial literacy among women.—
Chelsea Fagan,
PEOPLE,
6 Sep. 2025
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One such factor might be the user awareness of AI, gauged by their literacy about AI and the assigning of a magical aura to AI.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Urbanity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urbanity. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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