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New Yorker

British  

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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Arlene was a Columbia Law graduate, brash and warm at once, a true New Yorker.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

But it will still place the 80-year-old native New Yorker away from the main focus of the day's commemorative events.

From Barron's Sep. 8, 2026

And “Aperture,” the culmination, is Harry in his comfort phase, the New Yorker who has watched everything around him get renovated and priced out and has grown, in spite of it, into his own confidence.

From Salon Sep. 6, 2026

Wallace, a New Yorker, was Shakur's big rival and the two rappers embodied the East Coast - West Coast feud that dominated 1990s hip-hop.

From BBC Sep. 1, 2026

So when Quirin asked Dasch where they were staying, Dasch lied and said the New Yorker Hotel.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple

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