blue bloods

plural of blue blood
as in nobles
a man or woman of high birth or social position one need not be a blue blood to enjoy the amenities at the Royal Crown Hotel

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Recent Examples of blue bloods But unlike Mensah, those other quarterbacks all play for college football blue bloods. Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025 In 2020, as a franchise, the Broncos looked listless and lost — a sleeping giant resting on the laurels of orange-and-blue bloods everywhere. Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 10 Sep. 2025 The once-storied conference in 2024 lost blue bloods USC, UCLA, Oregon, Cal, Stanford and Washington, leaving only Washington State and Oregon State. Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 17 Aug. 2025 Kentucky and Mississippi State haven’t exactly been blue bloods in the 21st century, so the lower recruiting rankings might not be as surprising. Quentin Corpuel, Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2025
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Noun
  • Across much of Europe until the 20th century, these cabin-like compartments would carry voyaging nobles over oceans and mountains in ‘bed carriages’ aboard ships and trains.
    Chloe Frost-Smith, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Casting black actors as Anglo-Saxon nobles is only the most in-your-face example of this problem.
    Will Collins, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2025
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  • Warren hosted dinner parties in the residence, located at the base of Coit Tower, that attracted movie stars, best-selling authors, opera divas, aristocrats, photographers and composers.
    David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Ablin focuses on dividend growers, albeit with a shorter track record than dividend aristocrats, that are also high-quality companies.
    Michelle Fox, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2025

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“Blue bloods.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blue%20bloods. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.

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