Manhattanite
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Manhattanite
Example Sentences
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Manhattanite Alexis Candee said with those prices, she can make four drinks for the price of one cocktail.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
Vera, the heroine of Gary Shteyngart’s sixth novel, “Vera, or Faith,” is a whip-smart 10-year-old Manhattanite, but she’s not quite smart enough to figure out her parents’ intentions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2025
The remaining jurors for the most part shared similarly Manhattanite media diets, with nearly all of them reading the New York Times and many listening to NPR.
From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2024
She was a Manhattanite who attended New York University and didn’t understand what was happening.
From New York Times ● Apr. 14, 2022
The Manhattanite knows him to be wrong by a matter of three thousand and some odd miles.
From Fifth Avenue by Maurice, Arthur Bartlett
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