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William Beyer is literally a man of the world.
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Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2025
Korda is a man of the world, questionable in his business practices and constantly in pursuit of money and power, so obviously the character needed a home worthy of his grandiosity.
—Rachel Wallace, Architectural Digest, 21 May 2025
Stu is a man of the world — a former prison officer who showed promise as a junior footballer and once trained with Ruud Gullit at Chelsea.
—Phil Hay, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
Barack Obama State: A man of the world, at this point.
—Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 23 July 2024
Together, these men of the world and men of the cloth engineered a spiritual revival designed to shake Americans free from creeping collectivism.
—James Morone, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2015
The free men of the world are marching together to Victory!
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 6 June 2024
As written by Cain, Mark Ulrich's Shakespeare is a well-off man of the world in a hurry.
—Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2023
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Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2025
Korda is a man of the world, questionable in his business practices and constantly in pursuit of money and power, so obviously the character needed a home worthy of his grandiosity.
—Rachel Wallace, Architectural Digest, 21 May 2025
Stu is a man of the world — a former prison officer who showed promise as a junior footballer and once trained with Ruud Gullit at Chelsea.
—Phil Hay, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
Barack Obama State: A man of the world, at this point.
—Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 23 July 2024
Together, these men of the world and men of the cloth engineered a spiritual revival designed to shake Americans free from creeping collectivism.
—James Morone, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2015
The free men of the world are marching together to Victory!
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 6 June 2024
As written by Cain, Mark Ulrich's Shakespeare is a well-off man of the world in a hurry.
—Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2023
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“Man of the world.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/man%20of%20the%20world. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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