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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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As Anna Holmes recently pointed out in her blistering New Yorker essay, more than half of millennials have had parental help purchasing their home.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026

More recently, the New Yorker has thrown her weight behind local issues like New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s universal child care program.

From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2026

She developed an interest for creating things at a young age, including plans for building a time machine when she was 7, she told New Yorker writer Ken Auletta.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

To ease his anxiety, a 16-year-old New Yorker put up signs asking to shadow people on the job.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

The only guy getting soaked, re-baptized a New Yorker.

From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle

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