Example Sentences

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“L.A and N.Y.C., we’re not so different,” Newsom said.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2025

The building, it continued, would provide “a workplace experience that is within the essence of N.Y.C. to help draw employees back to office.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 1, 2024

“So, in essence, I moved to N.Y.C. to try out being gay. It worked!”

From Washington Post • Apr. 20, 2023

That same weekend, Madonna popped in for a surprise show that drew connections back to her downtown N.Y.C. club days.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2023

The salt springs mentioned by Father Raffeix in 1672, were on the west side of the marsh about half a mile north of the N.Y.C.

From The Journal of Lieut. John L. Hardenbergh of the Second New York Continental Regiment from May 1 to October 3, 1779, in General Sullivan's Campaign Against the Western Indians With an Introduction, Copious Historical Notes, and Maps of the Battle-field of Newtown and Groveland Ambuscade by Hardenbergh, John Leonard