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urbanity

[ur-ban-i-tee] / ɜrˈbæn ɪ ti /


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At that point, all of the affluence, urbanity and privilege in the world wasn’t much good.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2025

The brand is a "superb combination of urbanity, hedonism and undeniable luxury," L'Oreal chief executive Nicolas Hieronimus said.

From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2023

I thought of the words "the urbanity of evil."

From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2023

It offered an accessible urbanity, a kind of cosmopolitanism for the common folk.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 4, 2023

Roreen thanked the old man with great urbanity, and proceeded on his way toward the castle.

From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by E. Rameur

We urbanities are born gritty, born resourceful and imaginative, born with a strategic mindset and born competitive, with a drive to succeed.

From Scientific American ● Apr. 22, 2022

Novelist Naomi Alderman chats with inventor Saul Griffith, composer Brian Eno exchanges urbanities with forensic architect Eyal Weizman.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 27, 2020

His rages, his gaiety, his coldblooded urbanities lack the neurotic, compulsive tensions which made Boult what he was.

From Time Magazine Archive

These urbanities over, the two statesmen posed for the ubiquitous cameramen, beaming and cracking jokes in French.

From Time Magazine Archive

The memory of Cromwell is dear to good men in spite of his defects; while that of Louis, in spite of his graces and urbanities, is a watchword for all that is repulsive in despotism.

From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 08 Great Rulers by John Lord


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