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Recent Examples of urbanity
By all accounts, artist and elephant shared the same Gallic urbanity and optimistic outlook.
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Penelope Green, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
Emerging from the confines of urbanity, the true capabilities of the S7's heart began to show.
—Kyle Edward, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
The original safari outfitter, Banana Republic’s recent designs nod to its adventurous heritage while maintaining a sophisticated urbanity.
—Ryan Haase, Travel + Leisure, 8 Nov. 2023
The original structure was designed in the 1920s, when Los Angeles officials enlisted the New York architect Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue to validate the city’s distinct urbanity with a landmark building on a prominent site downtown.
—Sam Roberts, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2023
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Penelope Green, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
Emerging from the confines of urbanity, the true capabilities of the S7's heart began to show.
—Kyle Edward, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
The original safari outfitter, Banana Republic’s recent designs nod to its adventurous heritage while maintaining a sophisticated urbanity.
—Ryan Haase, Travel + Leisure, 8 Nov. 2023
The original structure was designed in the 1920s, when Los Angeles officials enlisted the New York architect Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue to validate the city’s distinct urbanity with a landmark building on a prominent site downtown.
—Sam Roberts, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for urbanity
Noun
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Wrigley has always been an alchemical brew of simplicity and sophistication.—
Edward Keegan,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Apr. 2025
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But beyond the star power and sophistication, the Hope Rising Benefit was a night of connection and commitment—a reminder that every dollar raised is a step toward understanding FTD, supporting affected families, and, one day, finding a cure.—
Vogue,
Vogue,
6 Apr. 2025
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But Kennedy’s Camelot at least tried to elevate idealism, intellectualism, and the modern elegance of a pillbox hat.—
Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
25 Feb. 2025
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Eventually Faithfull found an interest in performing in plays and, entranced by Buddy Holly and Joan Baez and Simone de Beauvoir, folk music, and arty café intellectualism as well.—
Bill Wyman,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2025
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Among all other categories of race, education, and gender, more think the economy will be hurt rather than helped.—
Jason D. Greenblatt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Apr. 2025
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Some educators say the administration's moves to cut funding at colleges and universities amounts to a war on higher education.—
NPR,
NPR,
2 Apr. 2025
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Esther Feit, Delray Beach Silencing knowledge The Trump administration’s war on literacy and erudition opens a sad chapter on the inverse and hostile relationship between knowledge and power.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Apr. 2025
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By then, the only two Italian women who had received a degree as recognition for their erudition were Piscopia at the University of Padua in 1678, and Laura Bassi at the University of Bologna in 1732.—
Manuela Callari,
Smithsonian Magazine,
26 Mar. 2025
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Levinson, who can find warmth and humor in most circumstances, is naturally drawn toward Frank’s gentility.—
Justin Chang,
The New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2025
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Ed’s monstrous behavior under the influence of cortisone shatters the veneer of middle-class gentility to reveal the fault lines repressed beneath it.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
26 Feb. 2025
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Fortunately, innovative learning models already exist that South African universities could pilot, adopt, and scale.—
Michael Sheldrick,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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The campaign for the new health professions facility will focus on securing funding, engaging alumni and community partners, and developing an innovative learning environment.—
Post-Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2025
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This will expand credit access and improve financial literacy among entrepreneurs.—
Sarvesh Baveja,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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Empowers parents with strategies to shield children from the dangers of social media while fostering digital literacy.—
Delano Massey,
Axios,
23 Mar. 2025
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“Urbanity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urbanity. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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