N.Y.C.
abbreviation
New York City.
N.Y.C.
American
Or
NYC
abbreviation
NYC
British
abbreviation
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“L.A and N.Y.C., we’re not so different,” Newsom said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2025
The building, it continued, would provide “a workplace experience that is within the essence of N.Y.C. to help draw employees back to office.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 1, 2024
“So, in essence, I moved to N.Y.C. to try out being gay. It worked!”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 2023
That same weekend, Madonna popped in for a surprise show that drew connections back to her downtown N.Y.C. club days.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2023
In that year an official of the Edison Machine Works of N.Y.C. happened to pass through Schenectady and noticed two empty factories, the former Jones Car Works.
From The Greatest Highway in the World Historical, Industrial and Descriptive Information of the Towns, Cities and Country Passed Through Between New York and Chicago Via the New York Central Lines. Based on the Encyclopaedia Britannica. by New York Central Railroad Company
“Today, I mourn the 3K lives, 6K injuries, & infrastructural devastation in NYC, perpetuated ignorantly in the name of my faith,” El-Sayed wrote on Sept. 11, 2021.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
Elliot worked at Press Pass NYC, a nonprofit that supports journalism programs in public schools, where he helped produce multiple mini-documentaries on the importance of student reporting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Turns out, he has a side gig at the internet company — talk about NYC hustle culture.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
NYC and L.A. are different but still similar in the sense that they’re two of the largest fashion capitals in the world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
So in NYC, Professor Hunk was stopped by the police.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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