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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
  • By doing so, the palatial jet would never be owned personally by Trump.
    Yun Li, CNBC, 18 May 2025
  • The 1,800-square-foot plan is thoughtful rather than palatial: two bedrooms split for seclusion, living space that spills onto a wall of windows kissed with salt spray.
    Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 12 May 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
  • The capuchin is being held in quarantine at the local zoo, the department 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
  • The gifted 747-8 plane from Qatar is certainly opulent, with big leather seats and wood inlay, multiple lounges, a bedroom suite and private office, according to marketing materials saved on the Internet Archive.
    Kat Lonsdorf, NPR, 23 May 2025
  • Can house music on an opulent vessel for a private members club cut through the noise at the Cannes Film Festival?
    Meghan Mahar, Billboard, 23 May 2025
Noun
  • In photographs from the outing, Thurman rocked a gray blazer, black turtleneck and a flowy black skirt while her youngest opted for a green cape, matching dress and small black bag.
    Hannah Sacks, People.com, 19 May 2025
  • Brown fouled out with 2:50 left in the third quarter, banished to the Phantom Zone, hanging up his cape with 20 points on 8-for-20 shooting.
    C.J. Holmes, New York Daily News, 17 May 2025
Adjective
  • The high-quality tri-ply cladding (two layers of stainless steel with an aluminum core) does a superb job spreading heat evenly across the surface of the pan, delivering consistent and even cooking results.
    Wilder Davies, Bon Appetit Magazine, 19 May 2025
  • With superb cinematography from Jermaine Edwards, the visual look here is almost poetic at times.
    Pete Hammond, Deadline, 18 May 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 29 May. 2025.

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