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cosmopolitan

[koz-muh-pol-i-tn] / ˌkɒz məˈpɒl ɪ tn /


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For example, common genetic variants associated with openness to experience were linked to a greater likelihood that someone would move to a more cosmopolitan neighborhood.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026

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

But her perspective is internet-era cosmopolitan; young but preternaturally wise about self-reliance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 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

This contrast between local meanings and cosmopolitan messages is a perfectly sound one.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

We’re a diverse people but still a people, not a random aggregation of cosmopolitans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

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

On the Grand Princess, crowds formed at the buffets, grills and pizzerias; drinkers lifted cosmopolitans and lemontinis at the bars; the new plague multiplied invisibly among passengers and crew.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2020

Some antifederalists were locally distinguished members of the “better sort” who feared that more distant cosmopolitans would somehow displace them under the new order.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018

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


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