urbanite

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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. 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 See All Example Sentences for urbanite
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Noun
  • Hamm plays a suburbanite who steals from his wealthy New York neighbors to maintain his upper-crust lifestyle.
    ABC News, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • As long as the overall drink remains sufficiently boozy, cocktails that contain citrus—such as margaritas, daiquiris, and cosmopolitans—can also work well or just require a few slight tweaks.
    Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 13 June 2026
  • That principle has crumbled so far in the face of Wembanyama’s combination of incomprehensible on-court abilities, youthful enthusiasm and cosmopolitan-unto-eccentric savoir faire.
    Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 9 June 2026
Noun
  • The area last week was surrounded by surveillance cameras and patrolled by National Guardsmen as lifelong resident John Cates strolled the area.
    Justine McDaniel, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • The city is recommending zoning regulations that fall in line with state statute while trying to calm residents who are worried data centers will overwhelm resources like water and energy and impose on their quality of life.
    Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 2 July 2026
Noun
  • International sophisticates of every age, seasonal trade-fair young professionals, glamour puss models, honeymooners, couples with kids in tow, heads of state and some of the world’s biggest film stars.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The novel was adapted into a 1965 film, with Caine in a star-making performance as Deighton’s protagonist, a sardonic working-class sophisticate with a love of gourmet food.
    Jill Lawless, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The country stands out with 11 charge points per 1,000 inhabitants, the highest ratio in Europe in 2025.
    Emese Maczko, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • For anyone wanting to see or experience the sites and vestiges of Miami’s ancient inhabitants, the people known as Tequesta and their even more enigmatic Archaic forebears, there are only a few places to go.
    Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026
Noun
  • There are cathedral churches of simple diocesan bishops, of archbishops or metropolitans, of primates, of patriarchs, and, in the Roman Catholic Church, of the pope (St. John Lateran is the cathedral church of Rome and thus of the pope).
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 May 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • This fantastic video doorbell is great for homeowners, apartment dwellers, or anyone looking to keep tabs on both visitors and deliveries.
    Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 29 June 2026
  • In the case of massive grid sabotage, AI could compound the chaos and lead to a starvation of city-dwellers unthinkable in modern times.
    Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026

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“Urbanite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urbanite. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.

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