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The big cities no longer decide what feels culturally relevant so much as they absorb it.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
But not many so much as pause to think about that, I’m guessing.
From Salon • May 14, 2026
Lauren Bauer, a fellow at the Brookings Institution, characterizes the job market not so much as weaker for men so much as it is much better for women.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
But even that pull toward something messier and more immediate doesn’t sit outside the festival so much as become another version of it.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026
Sydney didn’t enter the room so much as she invaded it, flinging the door open and flipping on all the lights.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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