cosmopolitan

Example Sentences

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That ambition is a concern to Persian Gulf states whose cosmopolitan cities and key oil infrastructure sit just across the water from Iran.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 28, 2026

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

Often described as India's first English-language feature, Annie occupies a singular place in the country's cinema history: local in texture yet cosmopolitan in voice; modest in scale yet exacting in its writing.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

“The Migrant Kitchen,” from PBS SoCal, explores our cosmopolitan food culture and the immigrants who create it.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2025

And still, I maintain that even for a cosmopolitan boy like you, there is something to be found there—a base, even in these modern times, a port in the American storm.

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