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Billionaire cosmopolitans who want to hire immigrants don’t mix easily with vehemently nativist populists who want to ratchet up taxes on said billionaires.—
Ali Breland,
The Atlantic,
1 Apr. 2025 -
Whereas descendants of the British are much more classically viewed as cosmopolitans.—
Isaac Chotiner,
The New Yorker,
19 Feb. 2025
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Neither film mentions the pandemic, but both show how a circle of moneyed, urban sophisticates represses feelings about death and anxiety.—
Armond White,
National Review,
2 Apr. 2025
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Its release comes amid a burgeoning arms race for salary cap tools and sophisticates.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
20 Mar. 2025
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Han, looking almost cartoonishly mid-century metropolitan, wears a dark coat, with the lapel snapped up, over a white shirt and a dark tie.—
E. Tammy Kim,
The New Yorker,
18 Jan. 2025
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Arizona's population has skyrocketed over the past decade — but some of the highest rates of growth have occurred outside of our major metropolitans, per an Axios analysis of the latest U.S. Census Bureau estimates.—
Jessica Boehm,
Axios,
9 Jan. 2025
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In one scene, the function of food as a status symbol for globe-trotting cosmopolites becomes clear.—
AMELIA LESTER,
New York Times,
18 Apr. 2018
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Born in France into a Turkish family, Shafak, 46, is the ultimate modern cosmopolite.—
John Timpane,
Philly.com,
24 Jan. 2018
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“Worldling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/worldling. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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