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Recent Examples of doyenne
Exec Producers Rachael Barnes and Ben Wicks exclusively took Deadline inside the making of film about Ozzy, one of rock’s iconic performers, and Sharon, his wife and doyenne of TV and the music biz.
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Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2025
The skincare doyenne praised by such leading ladies as Jessica Alba, Kelly Rowland and Shay Mitchell, Shani Darden delivers taut, porcelain-like skin with her signature facial—a blend of light chemical peels, oxygen therapy, and microcurrent.
—Elycia Rubin, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2025
Wearing her signature bespoke silk turban, Milan design doyenne Nina Yashar articulated how a performance illustrating her gallery‘s 10-year lifespan will come to life.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2025
But the film benefits from the evident warmth and ease that Jacobs feels in her company, while other talking heads — among them Jacobs’ creative director Joseph Carter and former Vogue doyenne Grace Coddington — provide some welcome outside perspective.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
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Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2025
The skincare doyenne praised by such leading ladies as Jessica Alba, Kelly Rowland and Shay Mitchell, Shani Darden delivers taut, porcelain-like skin with her signature facial—a blend of light chemical peels, oxygen therapy, and microcurrent.
—Elycia Rubin, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2025
Wearing her signature bespoke silk turban, Milan design doyenne Nina Yashar articulated how a performance illustrating her gallery‘s 10-year lifespan will come to life.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2025
But the film benefits from the evident warmth and ease that Jacobs feels in her company, while other talking heads — among them Jacobs’ creative director Joseph Carter and former Vogue doyenne Grace Coddington — provide some welcome outside perspective.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for doyenne
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The expert is also a proponent of boosting fiber intake, noting that the daily goal for adults is between 25 and 35 grams per day.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Officials in Minnesota, along with criminal justice experts and former federal prosecutors, are increasingly critical of the federal response to the aggressive tactics being used by immigration officers in Minneapolis and the surrounding area.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 Jan. 2026
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Two years ago, this would have been fanciful AI guru propaganda.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Each mock-series highlights the strength of its respective star — Miss Piggy is a fashion and pseudo-wellness guru, the Swedish Chef has a cooking program, Honeydew and Beaker blow stuff up, and Statler and Waldorf judge it all via a digital focus group.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 Jan. 2026
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The process for deciding on Powell’s replacement began in September with an 11-candidate field that included past and current Fed officials, economists and Wall Street investment professionals.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2026
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Not enough experience, young professional.—
Dan Pontefract,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Dell is her stream's dungeon master, banishing those who don't abide by her terms and steadily rising up the platform's ranks with her sympathetic story and angry-funny screen presence.—
Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Dogs kept some of their hierarchical instincts, replacing alpha wolves with their human masters.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Jan. 2026
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Especially in a year like this with so many changes, people shouldn’t hesitate to reach out to a tax pro to help get it right.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Here, Murphy and another cleaning pro explain how to clean your oven racks with backing soda.—
Sarah Lyon,
The Spruce,
29 Jan. 2026
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The latter's exceptionally epic run during season 5 displayed the kind of reckless flair and horniness not seen on television since Samantha Jones—another PR maven from the mind of Darren Star—sashayed out of our lives with the final Sex and the City film in 2010.—
Sam Reed,
Glamour,
6 Jan. 2026
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The cosmetics maven stunned in Marty Supreme orange at the Palm Springs International Film Festival, posing solo in an ultra-plunging molten metallic gown on the red carpet.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
4 Jan. 2026
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“Doyenne.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doyenne. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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