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Recent Examples of belle
But few American cities offer an in-depth look at the lives of pre-Civil War Southerners like Natchez, formerly the home of the native Natchez Indians, Civil War soldiers, Southern belles, enslaved Africans and civil rights pioneers.
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Amy Bentley, Oc Register, 7 May 2025
And some of the most remarkable too, as the Dynamic was the belle of the Art Deco ball with its Streamline Moderne design.
—Raphael Orlove, Robb Report, 27 Feb. 2025
The sassy Southern belle was known for her fashion, knack for art history and on-and-off relationship (but eventually very on) with Dwayne Wayne.
—Emily Krauser, People.com, 23 Feb. 2025
Parker Posey plays Tim’s wife, Victoria, a brassy belle who thinks everything her children do is a hoot.
—Noel Murray, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025
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Amy Bentley, Oc Register, 7 May 2025
And some of the most remarkable too, as the Dynamic was the belle of the Art Deco ball with its Streamline Moderne design.
—Raphael Orlove, Robb Report, 27 Feb. 2025
The sassy Southern belle was known for her fashion, knack for art history and on-and-off relationship (but eventually very on) with Dwayne Wayne.
—Emily Krauser, People.com, 23 Feb. 2025
Parker Posey plays Tim’s wife, Victoria, a brassy belle who thinks everything her children do is a hoot.
—Noel Murray, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for belle
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An absolute charmer, the film is an affecting look at the human-avian bond, with all its mysteries, warmth and ungainly practicalities.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Sep. 2025
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Unfolding on a literal giant storybook of a set, with an aesthetic somewhere between Dalí and The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Color Theories is a complete charmer, witty and whimsical in equal measure.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The most notorious, in 1978, saw the late queen hide behind a bush in the gardens of Buckingham Palace to avoid Nicolae Ceaușescu, having already removed anything that the Romanian dictator could steal from his room following a warning from Giscard d'Estaing, the then French president.—
Ian King,
CNBC,
17 Sep. 2025
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The promo references the famous —or, sometimes, infamous — farewells that contestants leave, penned in lipstick, on the vanity mirrors where queens do their makeup.—
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them.,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Marilyn Minter adapted Barbara Shermund’s 1925 image of a goddess-like woman in grape-cluster earrings; Minter shot the actor Sadie Sink through glass, creating a dreamy haze.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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Excavations at the site have uncovered temples, elite residences, and a shrine to Wadjet, the cobra goddess of Lower Egypt.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Sep. 2025
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By the 1920s and '30s, fox skins draped around the shoulders or fashioned into capes were especially beloved.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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The playful creatures are prey to foxes, jaguars, and even at times humans, but tend to eat insects, plants, roots and smaller vertebrates, the zoo said.—
Paloma Chavez,
Sacbee.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Belle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belle. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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