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New Yorker

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noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of New York

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Five years later, New Yorker columnist Kyle Chayka declared “the social-media Web as we knew it . . . appears to be over.”

From Salon Aug. 23, 2026

The trade inspired complaints that the team’s wealth was bad for the game, inspiring headlines such as this from the New Yorker: “Did the Dodgers Ruin Baseball?”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

The New Yorker critique of Strangers launched an armada of tweets and thinkpieces.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

Hollywood news outlet Deadline reported that the veteran actor, a native New Yorker, was found dead Saturday in his home in The Bronx.

From Barron's Aug. 2, 2026

He was a Puerto Rican New Yorker, strong by birth and by upbringing.

From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer

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