cosmopolitan
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This was particularly true of Berlin, a cosmopolitan city full of people who found the Nazis culturally distasteful.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 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
Now, next to South Africa's innovative and cosmopolitan set-up, it seems to be slowing them down.
From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026
He began writing only after having had a varied cosmopolitan life, and in 2009, already in his 40s, published “In Other Rooms, Other Wonders,” a collection of loosely connected short stories.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026
This contrast between local meanings and cosmopolitan messages is a perfectly sound one.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing cosmopolitan
Elements of the Universe: Cosm, Cosmo ("Universe")
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"Marriage is a Private Affair" by Chinua Achebe
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