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Recent Examples of café society
Vogue did have artists capture the sartorial caprices of cafe society back in the day; these drawings usually illustrated points made in the accompanying text.
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Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 20 Sep. 2023
Ah, to be a member of cafe society.
—Meg Donohue, Town & Country, 5 Dec. 2022
Showplace’s cafe society analyzed this transaction for the rest of the day.
—Alex Traub, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2019
After arguing with a group of American Communists who comprised Havana’s new cafe society, a sobered Cohen shaved the beard and put on a seersucker suit, as recounted by Nadel.
—Judy Cantor-Navas, Billboard, 2 May 2018
In 2010, the cafe was the site of the city’s first parklet, a place that was coffee grounds zero for the newly emerging Divisadero Street cafe society.
—Leah Garchik, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Jan. 2018
Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 20 Sep. 2023
Ah, to be a member of cafe society.
—Meg Donohue, Town & Country, 5 Dec. 2022
Showplace’s cafe society analyzed this transaction for the rest of the day.
—Alex Traub, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2019
After arguing with a group of American Communists who comprised Havana’s new cafe society, a sobered Cohen shaved the beard and put on a seersucker suit, as recounted by Nadel.
—Judy Cantor-Navas, Billboard, 2 May 2018
In 2010, the cafe was the site of the city’s first parklet, a place that was coffee grounds zero for the newly emerging Divisadero Street cafe society.
—Leah Garchik, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Jan. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for café society
Noun
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In a city now overrun with members’ clubs—for the uptown set, the downtown set, the Euro set, the creative set, and the vaguely jet set—a quiet force discreetly unites their male members: master barber Katy Walsh.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
12 July 2025
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Members of Manhattan’s jet set, including designer Zac Posen, editor Derek Blasberg, and stylist Elizabeth Saltzman, turned out in celebration.—
Ian Malone,
Vogue,
10 July 2025
Noun
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Smallbone portrays the cunning William Fairfax, a friend and romantic rival to George, who moves effortlessly in the world of the British upper class to which Washington aspires.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
5 Aug. 2025
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Culturally, the gallery label explains, upper class women in Britain were discouraged from nursing their own children in the 17th century.—
Alexandra Bregman,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2025
Noun
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The task now is clear: invest in education, demand higher standards, and rebuild trust from the ground up – because the future of health, sustainability, and society may well be dependent on it.—
Felicia Jackson,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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In the post-Yugoslavia society, there are still traditionalistic values.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Aug. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Café society.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caf%C3%A9%20society. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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