as in jet set
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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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Weighing in at nearly eight pounds, 11 ounces and featuring more than 100 unpublished images, Slim Aarons: The Essential Collection (Abrams, October 3) gives insight into the man who most shaped public understanding of how the postwar global jet set lived.—
Ken Miller,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 Sep. 2023
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Dubai has also become a magnet for the millionaire and billionaire jet set.—
Kevin Rozario,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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His mother raised Fitzgerald to think that cachet and her money entitled him to membership in the upper class.—
Ron Grossman,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Apr. 2025
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My guess is cigars’ turn-of-the-century association with the upper class meant cigars were a useful tool of satire and then later, when the comedians found success, a means of Jewish assimilation.—
Jesse David Fox,
Vulture,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Fear of government retribution is now spreading through society.—
Frank Langfitt,
NPR,
22 Apr. 2025
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Unfortunately, antisemitism is a stubborn, ancient hate that rears its head at different times and shapeshifts in different societies.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Café society.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caf%C3%A9%20society. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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