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Recent Examples of gent
Among the gents, the leaders are: Elvis Presley (67 weeks), Garth Brooks (52), Michael Jackson (51), Elton John (39), Belafonte, Drake and Wallen (37 each).
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Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 13 July 2025
The demure Italian gent and his tiny-waisted mistress.
—Richard Godwin, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2025
One of those gents is Roger (John Krasinski), a perfectly mediocre and seemingly innocuous fortysomething.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 13 June 2025
Will the Golden ladies and gents date the decades-younger Bachelor/ette contestants?
—Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 13 May 2025
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Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 13 July 2025
The demure Italian gent and his tiny-waisted mistress.
—Richard Godwin, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2025
One of those gents is Roger (John Krasinski), a perfectly mediocre and seemingly innocuous fortysomething.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 13 June 2025
Will the Golden ladies and gents date the decades-younger Bachelor/ette contestants?
—Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 13 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gent
Noun
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Among its many other deft and occasionally very blunt messages, the film, directed by Australian David Michod, definitely telegraphs the hey-get-a-load-of-this-serious-actress-here-ladies-and-gentlemen transmission.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Lloyd will play Clive, a gentleman who has lost his phone at Happy’s Place and comes back to retrieve it.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The powers that be explained to me that in the audiobook, there would be no easy way to identify the bees’ chapters, which were designated with italics in the printed version, unless the narrator’s voice changed from female to male.—
Elizabeth Bass Parman,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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Kristin Andrews, a philosopher at York University, told me about gelada monkeys, which live in units consisting of one dominant male and about a dozen females.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Another favorite comic novel of mine, this one follows a guy in Beijing who installs custom, old school sound systems for rich people.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
10 Sep. 2025
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Travis is a perfect addition to the rogue gallery of guys Rahill consistently plays across social media — hilarious and singular character studies of very particular and deeply cringey types of dude, replete with his trademark grin.—
Justin Caffier,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The dude found dead in the ranch with his throat slit.—
Manuel Muñoz,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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Popular dude During off times in college, Nestor returns to Marist and runs middle-school camps for defensive backs.—
Andy Greder,
Twin Cities,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Gent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gent. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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