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The debate went nowhere until the mid-17th century, when a French gambler and intellectual socialite enlisted the help of mathematician Blaise Pascal.
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Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 19 Apr. 2026
The backstory Il Pellicano begins with a love story, that of Michael Graham, a Royal Air Force aviator, and Patsy Daszel, an American socialite, who met in the mid-1950s at a party in Pelican Point, California.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Apr. 2026
Troop Beverly Hills centered on Phyllis Nefler (Long), a Beverly Hills socialite going through a divorce who decides to lead a troop of scouts.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 8 Apr. 2026
The Pasadena socialite – whose murder kickstarts AppleTV’s mystery thriller – is hard to figure out.
—Arushi Jacob, Variety, 8 Apr. 2026
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Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 19 Apr. 2026
The backstory Il Pellicano begins with a love story, that of Michael Graham, a Royal Air Force aviator, and Patsy Daszel, an American socialite, who met in the mid-1950s at a party in Pelican Point, California.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Apr. 2026
Troop Beverly Hills centered on Phyllis Nefler (Long), a Beverly Hills socialite going through a divorce who decides to lead a troop of scouts.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 8 Apr. 2026
The Pasadena socialite – whose murder kickstarts AppleTV’s mystery thriller – is hard to figure out.
—Arushi Jacob, Variety, 8 Apr. 2026
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“Socialite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/socialite. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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socialite
noun
so·cial·ite
ˈsō-shə-ˌlīt 
: a person well-known in fashionable society
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