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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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Still, a dyed-in-the-wool New Yorker with an estimable European operatic pedigree could also appear an incongruous fit for L.A., which came to opera quite late in any kind of consistent or intrinsic way.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026

New Yorker Francesca, who did not want to give her surname, said the event allows for "different perspective... from what we learn about Korean politics."

From Barron's • Jun. 15, 2026

The win doesn’t just vault the 2026 Knicks into New York immortality—it makes Brunson perhaps the most beloved New Yorker since Derek Jeter roamed the Yankee Stadium infield.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 14, 2026

And for one night at least, everyone was a New Yorker.

From Salon • Jun. 14, 2026

British readers of The New Yorker who assume that this august publication is in constant ignorant error when it allows “1980’s” evidently have no experience of how that famously punctilious peri-odical operates editorially.

From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author

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