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cosmopolitan
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cosmopolitan
(of plants or animals) widely distributed
cosmopolitan [¦käz·mə¦päl·ət·ən]
(ecology)
Having a worldwide distribution wherever the habitat is suitable, with reference to the geographical distribution of a taxon.
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These organizations, along with Ford and Rockefeller offices, expand and further cosmopolitanize the usual embassy patronage and the institutional presence of the former colonizers--the French Cultural Centre, Goethe Institute, and British Council--who are still active in supporting local arts programming.
Katarikawe dreaming: notes on a retrospective. by Kasfir, Sidney Littlefield / African Arts
I would have him go to Andover or Groton, thence to Harvard or Princeton, and put in a year at Oxford or Cambridge, the last to Anglicize, cosmopolitanize, and polish him a bit.
In a snob-free zone: is there a place where one is outside all ... by Epstein, Joseph / Washington Monthly
 
 
 
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