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cosmopolitan

[koz-muh-pol-i-tn] / ˌkɒz məˈpɒl ɪ tn /


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For example, common genetic variants associated with openness to experience were linked to a greater likelihood that someone would move to a more cosmopolitan neighborhood.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026

He develops a reputation for aggression, seemingly fighting a war against everyone on the asphalt that spins out when he attempts to bully a cosmopolitan French driver into submission.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

But her perspective is internet-era cosmopolitan; young but preternaturally wise about self-reliance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

Now the dream has turned into a nightmare for many in the cosmopolitan oasis who have given their lives and fortunes to foster "human unity in diversity" and "the transformation of consciousness".

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

The king of Mutal, the biggest and most cosmopolitan city-state in the Maya world, he lived and worked in a sprawling castle a few hundred yards away from the great temples at the city’s heart.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

We’re a diverse people but still a people, not a random aggregation of cosmopolitans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

In nearly every episode the ladies gather at a restaurant to dissect whatever issues are bedeviling them that week, a device "Sex and the City" employed with enough success to make brunch and cosmopolitans fashionable.

From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2022

The song resonated not just among jazz-loving cosmopolitans, but across the country.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2021

Localists and cosmopolitans clashed repeatedly over economic policy, beginning with the question of Loyalist property.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018

Through The Mecca I saw that we were, in our own segregated body politic, cosmopolitans.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates




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