New York City

Cultural  

1. City in New York state and largest city in the United States. (See Bowery, Broadway (see also Broadway), Bronx, Brooklyn, Fifth Avenue, Greenwich Village, Harlem, Madison Avenue, Manhattan, Park Avenue, September 11 attacks, Times Square, and Wall Street.)

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One of the key financial, communications, and arts centers of the world.

Example Sentences

Now in its 10th season, Bravo’s “Summer House,” which premiered in 2017, follows a group of New York City friends who travel to the Hamptons to spend the summer together.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

In New York City or Chicago or San Diego, there is nothing remarkable about seeing young men wearing Carhartt work jackets, Stüssy skate shorts or a T-shirt from Supreme with its coveted, Barbara Kruger-esque logo.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The December 2024 shooting outside of a New York City hotel, captured on security cameras, shocked Americans while highlighting deep public anger over the country's private, often costly, healthcare system.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Here to provide some much-needed guidance and inspiration is Ann Ziata, chef-instructor at the Institute of Culinary Education’s New York City campus.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026

It wasn’t like an orphan girl from New York City could book passage on her own.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova