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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 -
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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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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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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In one scene, the function of food as a status symbol for globe-trotting cosmopolites becomes clear.—
AMELIA LESTER,
New York Times,
18 Apr. 2018
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Born in France into a Turkish family, Shafak, 46, is the ultimate modern cosmopolite.—
John Timpane,
Philly.com,
24 Jan. 2018
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“Worldling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/worldling. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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