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Recent Examples of doyen Over the decades, this grand doyen of LGBTQ+ literature, a member of the famed Violet Quill gay men’s writing group, would be a source of advice and support. Michael T. Luongo july 11, Literary Hub, 11 July 2025 Or so sportscar journalism doyen Gary Watkins says, anyway. Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 20 June 2025 The newcomers to their abode are Jerry, a hunky Mormon flight attendant (Bomer), and Arthur, a haughty fashion doyen recently fired from Vogue (Graham). Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025 Theatre doyen and Lightroom founder Nicholas Hytner addressed the crowd assembled for the premiere of Inventing the Runway in King’s Cross on Thursday night, flanked by Anna Wintour, Mark Guiducci, Chioma Nnadi, and Cate Blanchett, who narrates the 50-minute exhibition. Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 29 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for doyen
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Noun
  • Two veteran data journalists are launching a new investigative publication to cover rising authoritarianism from the shadowy corners of the internet.
    Max Tani, semafor.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Under the command of the unflappable Ernest McSorley, its veteran captain, the Fitz broke shipping records and tallied enormous profits.
    Kevin Duchschere, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Amaney Jamal, dean of the Princeton University School of Public and International Affairs, said Mamdani's political rise is breaking the ceiling for other Muslims in many ways.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Chung, the former university dean, said there are virtually no chances for North Korea to give up its nuclear program.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The monastery is central to the story, and its elder—named Zosima in the novel—comforts a woman who has lost her child, aged two years and nine months, with words that echo those uttered by Ambrose.
    Karl Ove Knausgaard, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Their flowers, red, rose above the courtyard and the divan where the village elders met, over the ten balconies and the stairway windows.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025

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“Doyen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doyen. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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