café society

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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. 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
  • Yet the influencers have thrived by portraying Dubai as a magnet for the business-class (and above) global jet set, who are drawn to the city’s futuristic, crossroads-of-the-world appeal.
    Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Others are favored by the Insta-famous jet set.
    Tim Chester, Robb Report, 5 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • This is the Olympics for the beautiful people.
    Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 13 Mar. 2026
  • The theater was packed with young, beautiful people who cheered the dancers like Knicks fans.
    Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the coastal city of Mar del Plata thrived as a summer playground for Argentina’s upper class.
    Siobhan Reid, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026
  • In contrast to the space, time and knowledge required to know the paintings in prestigious museums—taxonomies that are often signifiers of upper class existence.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • But an outcome that sets them back in their quest to live in a free society will stand out as a cruel and historic mistake.
    Jason Rezaian, New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2026
  • The narrative features, however, such as 2010’s My Joy or 2017’s A Gentle Creature, were rich, rambling, surreal, maximalist, following characters on absurd quests through cross sections of bureaucracy and society.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2026

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“Café society.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caf%C3%A9%20society. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.

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