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Recent Examples of urbanity
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
Nature and urbanity uncomfortably thrust together — part of the allure and danger of Los Angeles.
—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
Hancock County: Pennsy Trail The Greenfield section of the Pennsy Trail features art installations, a playground and a bike share program to give visitors a foliage experience that melds urbanity with nature.
—Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 18 Oct. 2024
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Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 25 Mar. 2025
Nature and urbanity uncomfortably thrust together — part of the allure and danger of Los Angeles.
—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
Hancock County: Pennsy Trail The Greenfield section of the Pennsy Trail features art installations, a playground and a bike share program to give visitors a foliage experience that melds urbanity with nature.
—Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 18 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for urbanity
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Buddhist culture and ideas, which spread across Asia through the trade routes and communication networks of an early urban cosmopolitanism, have long had a deep affinity with technoculture.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
18 Nov. 2025
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Studying Latin taught me that contemporary anxieties about manliness and cosmopolitanism date back thousands of years.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Oct. 2025
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Even in their lack of academic or professional sophistication, the four were likely savvy enough to know that.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Jan. 2026
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The layout emphasizes comfort and sophistication over spectacle.—
Jill Schildhouse,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Also, Dustin’s girlfriend is at his level and an equal, a testimony to his airy intellectualism.—
Lisa Stardust,
PEOPLE,
26 Nov. 2025
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Look, this isn’t a lament against intellectualism.—
Mara Reinstein,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Nov. 2025
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Julia Mejia arguably received the most favorable committee chairmanship of Worrell’s supporters, with education.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
13 Jan. 2026
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Summit speakers explored the current landscape of business and industry across health care, child care, education, manufacturing and development sectors, by discussing trends, challenges and opportunities shaping the region’s economy.—
Marianne Love,
Daily News,
13 Jan. 2026
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Gene would use the erudition as a weapon on Ebert and vice versa.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Nov. 2025
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In a better world, novels of this level of sophistication, beauty, erudition, ambiguity, and play would come along more frequently and dominate the literary discourse.—
Emily Temple,
Literary Hub,
14 Oct. 2025
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In modernizing and Americanizing the Charles Dickens novel, Alfonso Cuarón expunged many of Great Expectations’s subplots in favor of a 1998-friendly romantic drama that cemented Paltrow as an emblem of gentility.—
Matthew Jacobs,
Vulture,
25 Dec. 2025
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Ferrara’s arrival in New York City and subsequent entry into the movie business is presented as something like a case of recidivism, a dive from suburban gentility into the cauldron of steaming garbage that was Fun City–era Manhattan.—
Nick Pinkerton,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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Without norms that support learning, accountability, and adaptation, insight is treated as advisory rather than actionable.—
Katerin Le Folcalvez,
Fortune,
8 Jan. 2026
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The district will not move to e-learning, which is only allowed for severe weather, but will continue to collaborate with the city and other partners on emergency preparedness and response, the news release says.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
8 Jan. 2026
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The new initiative was launched this week by the team at We Need Diverse Books, and aims to build partnerships between schools and teachers to improve literacy, support diverse authors and books that have been targeted by book banners, and create a nationwide community of teachers and students.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
22 Jan. 2026
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Kids have the opportunity to expand creativity, enhance literacy and enjoy crafts and other hands-on fun.—
Sharon Hlapcich,
Oc Register,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Urbanity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urbanity. Accessed 25 Jan. 2026.
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