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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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"Our administration will continue to ensure that every New Yorker is safe in their city - and hold accountable any who threaten that," he said.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

But, along with graphic descriptions of Fremlin’s predatory behavior, she explores how Munro, a frequent New Yorker contributor, mined both her own difficult childhood and her daughter’s ordeals in her fiction.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

Morrison, a longtime editor at The New Yorker, was a young production assistant on one of Michaels’ few failures: the short-lived “The New Show” back in 1984, during his five-year hiatus from “SNL.”

From Salon Jul. 5, 2026

The New Yorker spent three years at Keuka College, a private school upstate, before changing plans.

From Barron's Jul. 2, 2026

The plane hadn't even left Paris when the New Yorker seated beside me turned to ask how much I'd paid for my round-trip ticket.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

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