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Recent Examples of grande dame
As grande dame journalist Kara Swisher concludes in Kara Swisher Wants to Live Forever, which airs today on CNN, the number one key to longevity?
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Jennifer Leigh Parker,
Forbes.com,
11 Apr. 2026
With few exceptions, the grande dame French Creole restaurants in New Orleans have been led by men for decades.
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Beth D'addono,
Southern Living,
4 Apr. 2026
While the grande dames in this space come with equally grand price tags, a crop of independent, design-forward hotels that offer elegant interiors and high-end amenities at approachable price points have emerged.
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Katharine Sohn,
Architectural Digest,
20 Mar. 2026
The hotel that doesn’t just provide a place to bed down but reflects the city’s grandest vision of itself—a Carlyle or Claridge’s or, in the case of a smaller city like San Francisco, a miniature grande dame like the Beau-Rivage Genève.
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Ben Ryder Howe,
Air Mail,
14 Mar. 2026
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Jennifer Leigh Parker,
Forbes.com,
11 Apr. 2026
With few exceptions, the grande dame French Creole restaurants in New Orleans have been led by men for decades.
—
Beth D'addono,
Southern Living,
4 Apr. 2026
While the grande dames in this space come with equally grand price tags, a crop of independent, design-forward hotels that offer elegant interiors and high-end amenities at approachable price points have emerged.
—
Katharine Sohn,
Architectural Digest,
20 Mar. 2026
The hotel that doesn’t just provide a place to bed down but reflects the city’s grandest vision of itself—a Carlyle or Claridge’s or, in the case of a smaller city like San Francisco, a miniature grande dame like the Beau-Rivage Genève.
—
Ben Ryder Howe,
Air Mail,
14 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grande dame
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The show’s underpinned by the differences in character and country of Lady Cora and her formidable mother-in-law, the dowager Countess Violet Crawley, played by the equally formidable and much missed Dame Maggie Smith.
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The empress dowager’s legacy Empress Dowager Ling was largely unsuccessful in her bid for power.
Noun
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Since then, Hills has worked in various hospitals and wards, including spending 10 years as a ward sister and a matron, which are both senior roles for nurses.
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How did a young Upper East Side matron with a small daughter and a dormant career as an art historian get here?
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The infant, who is 9 months old, was rescued along with her mother, the State Department told Fox News Digital.
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Parents wept over the loss of their children, while mothers and other female relatives cried and beat their chests in grief.
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“Grande dame.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grande%20dame. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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