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Noun
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In addition, while common soldiers were buried in mass graves, officers and noblemen were usually laid to rest in a church.—
Eleanor Beardsley,
NPR,
30 Mar. 2026 -
The upper chamber of the British Parliament was composed of noblemen who inherited their seats for most of its history.—
Jared Gans,
The Hill,
12 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The grandees of the Democratic Party may want to move on.—
Keith Naughton,
The Washington Examiner,
14 Mar. 2026
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Suffice it to say, with credentials such as this, a charivari of fashion-week regulars, media, film and musical grandees and not a few New York and London tatterdemalions showed for the September 12 bacchanal on Church Street.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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His new measurement of the gravitational constant, or G, one of the most fundamental values in physics, was going to be revealed to his peers that afternoon.—
Emma Gometz,
Scientific American,
24 Apr. 2026
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Today, the average Black 12th grader scores lower than about 75 percent of his or her white peers.—
Steven F. Wilson,
The Atlantic,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Michael opens in Gary, Indiana, where Joe Jackson (an exhausting Colman Domingo) lords over his wife, Katherine (Nia Long), and the handful of his ten children for whom this film’s producers could secure the life rights.—
Paul A. Thompson,
Pitchfork,
27 Apr. 2026
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Some security experts say CIA operators have been involved in helping Mexican authorities locate some of the country’s top drug lords.—
Kate Linthicum,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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There’s a pretty fun narrative here about the homecoming of a group of gentlemen and the chaos that follows their path.—
Devon Ivie,
Vulture,
24 Apr. 2026
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Ladies and gentlemen, meet the Las Vegas Raiders.—
Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The young women and their cavaliers headed to L’Arc, a nightclub in Paris situated near the Shangri-La; there, the group continued their celebrations some hours later.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
1 Dec. 2025
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“Country gentlemen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/country%20gentlemen. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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