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noun

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Recent Examples of palatine
Noun
During the Thirty Years’ War, military enterprisers included such figures as Ernst von Mansfeld, who raised an army for the elector palatine, and Albrecht von Wallenstein, who offered his services to Ferdinand II, the Holy Roman emperor. Allison Stanger, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2015
Recent Examples of Synonyms for palatine
Adjective
  • Tucked behind gates in the city’s ritzy Coral Gables neighborhood, this palatial estate channels the opulence and romance of Vizcaya with a French twist.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Where to stay: Just south of town, the palatial mansion of La Posta Vecchia looks out over a private black-sand beach.
    Naomi Tomky, AFAR Media, 3 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Costa Rican white-faced capuchins were more likely to survive El Niño if their feces exhibited higher levels of stress hormones during preceding droughts.
    Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Rescuers eventually managed to capture the capuchin and noticed marks along its waist, indicating it had been tied up with a rope or chain, officials said.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • His sumptuous volley thumped beyond David de Gea and into the back of the Manchester United net had put Crystal Palace ahead 78 minutes into the 2016 final.
    Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 13 May 2025
  • On your last night in Oman, prepare to feast on sumptuous contemporary Italian seafood in the hotel’s elegant Roberto’s.
    Natasha Amar, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
Noun
  • Rather than betray alienation, her surviving correspondence—mostly to Cassandra—talks of fabrics, caps and pelisses (a type of woman’s cloak); social calls, dinners, and balls; the weather; her mother’s health; and people—often dozens of names.
    Robert Garnett, WSJ, 14 July 2017
  • Rather than betray alienation, her surviving correspondence—mostly to Cassandra—talks of fabrics, caps and pelisses (a type of woman’s cloak)
    Robert Garnett, WSJ, 14 July 2017
Adjective
  • Galileo’s Bar From a seat at Galileo’s Bar, guests can see the opulent spiral staircases and a ceiling styled like an oil painting, framed by metal detailing.
    Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
  • The Real Housewives of Rhode Island promises to showcase the opulent lifestyles and interpersonal dynamics of a new cast of women living in the Ocean State.
    Kate Nalepinski, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • Finding new degrees of colorful suits, flowing capes, and animal print jumpsuits supported the show’s tone from the beginning, but has increasingly become part of the HBO series’s comedy in its own right.
    Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 4 May 2025
  • When Jalen Brunson isn’t running to the locker room to put on his cape at the start of the fourth quarter in these playoffs, the offense has looked stiff and unsure more than a team with their advanced stats and talent should.
    James L. Edwards III, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • For all of his flaws during his two years in the top flight, Firpo has been superb in the Championship.
    Beren Cross, New York Times, 1 May 2025
  • Law exudes dogged intensity and Nicholas Hoult is superb as the charismatic white supremacist leader in a gripping action drama.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Kennedy also wore a black dress and black lace mantilla when meeting Pope John XXIII in 1962.
    Jay Stahl, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2025
  • Another first lady also chose a mantilla, Melania Trump.
    WWD Staff, Footwear News, 26 Apr. 2025

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“Palatine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palatine. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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