cosmopolitan
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He develops a reputation for aggression, seemingly fighting a war against everyone on the asphalt that spins out when he attempts to bully a cosmopolitan French driver into submission.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
In 1941, the cosmopolitan soulmates wed in Mexico City.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Now the dream has turned into a nightmare for many in the cosmopolitan oasis who have given their lives and fortunes to foster "human unity in diversity" and "the transformation of consciousness".
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
Amid a cosmopolitan circle of teachers and students, he experimented with abstract expressionism, then in vogue, but didn’t take to it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
“Well, it’s far more cosmopolitan, for one thing. And it’s got a strong Catholic population,” he said.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
We’re a diverse people but still a people, not a random aggregation of cosmopolitans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
Some Ukrainians said that in their youth, Russian felt like the language for urbane cosmopolitans — a notion they now reject as part of what many call “decolonization” of their culture.
From New York Times ● May 29, 2022
In nearly every episode the ladies gather at a restaurant to dissect whatever issues are bedeviling them that week, a device "Sex and the City" employed with enough success to make brunch and cosmopolitans fashionable.
From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2022
They are clueless cosmopolitans, ready to trade city life for farm living, without having given the matter much thought at all.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2019
Through The Mecca I saw that we were, in our own segregated body politic, cosmopolitans.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Vocabulary lists containing cosmopolitan
Elements of the Universe: Cosm, Cosmo ("Universe")
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