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
After the Murdochs divorced, she married William Mann, a cosmopolitan businessman who distributed European-made industrial equipment in the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
It is a repudiation of cosmopolitan universalism in favor of historical continuity and particular identity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026
Now, next to South Africa's innovative and cosmopolitan set-up, it seems to be slowing them down.
From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026
There Molly came face-to-face with the difference in lifestyles between the cosmopolitan Blumers of New Haven and the Lawrences of pastoral Canton.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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