as in prestige
a characteristic or quality that confers the favorable regard or respect of people
a movie director with great artistic cachet social cachet
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Recent Examples of cachet
There were also widespread fears that the Luce would harm Ferrari’s overall brand cachet, one that gives it a market cap of $70 billion despite selling only about 14,000 cars per year—a strategy that works to create FOMO and a rabid fan obsession among wealthy car aficionados.
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Phil Wahba, Fortune, 29 May 2026
For 20 years, global brands and retailers have been churning out high-low collaborations, capitalizing on the cultural cachet of luxury names and disruptive fashion newcomers.
—Sophie Benson, Vogue, 28 May 2026
Kaylee Greenlee | Bloomberg | Getty Images Cornyn is a four-term incumbent with significant cachet in the Senate.
—Garrett Downs, CNBC, 26 May 2026
These self-aware comedies, each following women trying to leave their mark in Hollywood before their cachet expires, have satirized the business with cutting specificity.
—Caroline Framke, The Atlantic, 14 May 2026
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Phil Wahba, Fortune, 29 May 2026
For 20 years, global brands and retailers have been churning out high-low collaborations, capitalizing on the cultural cachet of luxury names and disruptive fashion newcomers.
—Sophie Benson, Vogue, 28 May 2026
Kaylee Greenlee | Bloomberg | Getty Images Cornyn is a four-term incumbent with significant cachet in the Senate.
—Garrett Downs, CNBC, 26 May 2026
These self-aware comedies, each following women trying to leave their mark in Hollywood before their cachet expires, have satirized the business with cutting specificity.
—Caroline Framke, The Atlantic, 14 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cachet
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George Orwell famously described national team football as war minus the shooting, believing the sport was driven by nationalism, hatred, and a desire for prestige rather than by fair play or goodwill.—
Simon Chadwick,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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Before prestige television rewrote the rules, there was an affable Brooklyn dad who made a generation of viewers to rethink their assumptions about gender, family, and who could run the show.—
JP Mangalindan,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 June 2026
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Raised by a single mom in upstate New York, Adams had to rely on sheer determination to overcome plenty of obstacles — like his small stature and lack of goalscoring touch — on his path to professional soccer.—
Russell Lewis,
NPR,
12 June 2026
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The Allmans carried on, with the post-Duane Brothers and Sisters album propelling them to genuine superstar stature.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
12 June 2026
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During his contract year with the Braves in 2022, Swanson appeared in all 162 games and made 161 starts at shortstop, logging 1,433 innings at a premium defensive position while also producing 25 home runs and 96 RBIs.—
Patrick Mooney,
New York Times,
7 June 2026
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Steep price drops on the prospect of peace have pushed many oil bulls to the sidelines, leaving them to hold small positions for very limited periods of time, several traders said.—
Devika Krishna Kumar,
Fortune,
6 June 2026
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The 60 year old leaned into her supermodel status while wearing a plunging black swimsuit.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
6 June 2026
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Less clear, however, is the status of Leonard amid the NBA’s investigation into potential salary-cap circumvention by the Clippers regarding Leonard.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
6 June 2026
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The ‘Mexican Wave’ A ritual performed in sporting events around the world today, the wave owes much of its fame to Mexico, even if it may not have been invented here.—
Michael Rios,
CNN Money,
7 June 2026
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Mark Ronson flexed the elegantly minimal Audemars Piguet Royal Oak designed in collaboration with Matthew Williams of Alyx fame.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
6 June 2026
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So using these as natural barriers obviously has an enormous significance — enormous importance.—
Gabrielle Emanuel,
NPR,
6 June 2026
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For now, however, his focus is on preparing himself and his teammates for the country’s first FIFA World Cup match since Haiti played in 1974, and Miami carries a special significance along that goal.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
6 June 2026
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Sneaking the scraps out the back door for their children showed that those working in the enslaver’s home gave value and meaning to leftovers for our children.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 June 2026
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Expect temperatures to climb into the low 90s, with a heat index or feels-like value in the upper 90s by the afternoon.—
Lauren Bostwick,
CBS News,
7 June 2026
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Federal officials this year sent water from the upstream Flaming Gorge Reservoir to Lake Powell to stave off an emergency where water levels in the lower reservoir fall so low that water no longer flows through the dam’s power turbines — the only safe way to release water for extended periods.—
Elise Schmelzer,
Denver Post,
7 June 2026
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That still left a lot of the two-time league champion’s star power exposed to be plucked by the four new teams looking to fill rosters.—
Tom Carothers,
Twin Cities,
7 June 2026
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“Cachet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cachet. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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