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Recent Examples of urbanity
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.
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Sam Roberts, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2023
These sounds have a way of transporting people and their mindsets away from the urbanity of the street, and also reflect that our language is alive, spoken intergenerationally by elders and children alike.
—Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 6 Apr. 2023
To followers of society columns and fashion magazines, Lee Radziwill is the very model of international urbanity—perfectly coiffed and outfitted in Giorgio Armani (for whom the native New Yorker once served as director of special events) and Marc Jacobs.
—ELLE Decor, 22 Dec. 2022
Destry’s actions create the conditions for the next two sections, in which Sask-E goes from a Pleistocene-like ecology bare of any humans to a dense urbanity full of landlords and renters of multiple species.
—Amal El-Mohtar, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2023
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Sam Roberts, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2023
These sounds have a way of transporting people and their mindsets away from the urbanity of the street, and also reflect that our language is alive, spoken intergenerationally by elders and children alike.
—Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 6 Apr. 2023
To followers of society columns and fashion magazines, Lee Radziwill is the very model of international urbanity—perfectly coiffed and outfitted in Giorgio Armani (for whom the native New Yorker once served as director of special events) and Marc Jacobs.
—ELLE Decor, 22 Dec. 2022
Destry’s actions create the conditions for the next two sections, in which Sask-E goes from a Pleistocene-like ecology bare of any humans to a dense urbanity full of landlords and renters of multiple species.
—Amal El-Mohtar, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for urbanity
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The contemporary brand takes inspiration from city living and offers chic sophistication with its selection of perfectly carefree essentials—trousers, suiting, elevated coats, and of course, a selection of knitwear.Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2024
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Gift this elegant piece this holiday season, and bring home a touch of cozy sophistication.Mia Meltzer, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2024
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Both women have crises of faith in language, in intellectualism, in their role as a therapist and as a wife.Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2024
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Virgo Pallas in Virgo has the capacity to heal and bring intellectualism to matters.Lisa Stardust, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2024
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The user's photo accompanying the account was one of Mangione, and a description on their page referenced Mangione's education at the University of Pennsylvania, as well as his age.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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Offering property tax assistance through education about exemptions or short-term loans.Naheed Rajwani-Dharsi, Axios, 9 Dec. 2024
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In a work of impressive range, erudition, and ambition, Overy, best known for his seminal histories of World War II, skillfully parses the development of psychological, biological, ecological, and anthropological theories of war and its triggers.Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2024
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The long first act drags near the finish, its erudition blurring into dramatic monotony.Sara Holdren, Vulture, 30 June 2024
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Immediately upon being plucked from the proverbial shadows of the backroom studio, Alessandro Michele astonished with his new Gucci, a house reawakened by an intriguing gentility rich with influences from antiquity to today’s urban culture.Bridget Foley, WWD, 27 Sep. 2024
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There's also an emphasis on productivity and navigating your life with quiet confidence and gentility.Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 2 June 2023
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Even as Apple is bear-hugging machine learning, the executives caution that the embrace is, in a sense, business as usual for them.Steven Levy, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2024
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There is no school for professional learning on Jan. 6.Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 6 Dec. 2024
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Buy Now 08 of 20 'The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu' by Joshua Hammer The title says it all: Dads who love reading and championing literacy for others will also delight in this punchy historical account.Lizz Schumer, People.com, 14 Dec. 2024
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One mission stands out among her long list of accomplishments: her commitment to promoting children's literacy.Brittney Melton, NPR, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Urbanity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urbanity. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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