cosmopolitan

Example Sentences

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That ambition is a concern to Persian Gulf states whose cosmopolitan cities and key oil infrastructure sit just across the water from Iran.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 28, 2026

In the 19th and 20th centuries, it helped the city become a bustling metropolis, home to sizable European diasporas and a distinct cosmopolitan culture.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

Now, next to South Africa's innovative and cosmopolitan set-up, it seems to be slowing them down.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026

Again, flush with cosmopolitan snapshots, the recent New York Times profile of Nuzzi glosses over some severe problems.

From Salon • Nov. 29, 2025

They were students at the University of Michigan, in one of the northernmost states in America, which meant they were sufficiently cosmopolitan to travel hundreds of miles from the south to go to college.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell