New Yorker

British

noun

a native or inhabitant of New York

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Example Sentences

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O’Brien told the New Yorker in February that he’s been going to comedy clubs to test material for the show.

From Los Angeles Times

His fiction has appeared in the New Yorker, Shenandoah and the North American Review.

From The Wall Street Journal

The charges ultimately collapsed, but not before putting Drake through a harrowing ordeal detailed by The New Yorker, “60 Minutes” and the documentary “Silenced.”

From Salon

As a New Yorker and someone in show business, he was surrounded by people who thought like he did, from both parties.

From The Wall Street Journal

He was a true New Yorker, rarely fooled.

From Literature

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