cosmopolitan
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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
Often described as India's first English-language feature, Annie occupies a singular place in the country's cinema history: local in texture yet cosmopolitan in voice; modest in scale yet exacting in its writing.
From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026
“The Migrant Kitchen,” from PBS SoCal, explores our cosmopolitan food culture and the immigrants who create it.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2025
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
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