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Recent Examples of doyenne
The coterie includes high society doyennes like Babe Paley, Slim Keith, Lee Radziwell, and C.Z. Guest, and the series follows them before, during, and after the fallout.
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Cady Lang, TIME, 2 Feb. 2024
Dion kicks it off, singing with trembling innocence about a romantic crisis, then Streisand enters, taking on the role of a wiser, stronger woman more experienced in such messes — a doyenne of love.
—Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 18 Nov. 2023
Immediately following the museum party, close friends and collaborators of the museum made their way over to the Bowery Terrace at the Bowery Hotel for a delightful cocktail party and dinner to celebrate the artistic doyenne.
—Zachary Schwartz, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2023
Fitzpatrick, a doyenne of Soviet historians, offers the lay reader a concise, chronological account of the Soviet Union premised on the notion that accidents, rather than inevitabilities, drive human history.
—Sheila Fitzpatrick, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2023
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Cady Lang, TIME, 2 Feb. 2024
Dion kicks it off, singing with trembling innocence about a romantic crisis, then Streisand enters, taking on the role of a wiser, stronger woman more experienced in such messes — a doyenne of love.
—Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 18 Nov. 2023
Immediately following the museum party, close friends and collaborators of the museum made their way over to the Bowery Terrace at the Bowery Hotel for a delightful cocktail party and dinner to celebrate the artistic doyenne.
—Zachary Schwartz, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2023
Fitzpatrick, a doyenne of Soviet historians, offers the lay reader a concise, chronological account of the Soviet Union premised on the notion that accidents, rather than inevitabilities, drive human history.
—Sheila Fitzpatrick, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for doyenne
Noun
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Unlike MoE, where ‘experts’ emerge without explicit specialization, our method dynamically refines representations with true task-specific expertise.—
Rob Toews,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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The Athletic’s experts Luke Smith (from Shanghai) and Madeline Coleman break down the season’s second race.—
Luke Smith,
The Athletic,
23 Mar. 2025
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Meanwhile, Tanya’s former friend and wellness guru Belinda Lindsey (Natasha Rothwell) appears to be on Greg’s trail.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
22 Mar. 2025
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The same could be said about De Niro in his newest film, The Alto Knights, another gangster opus but this time without the directorial guidance of Martin Scorsese, De Niro’s usual guru in American male psychopathology.—
Armond White,
National Review,
21 Mar. 2025
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So often, teams disagree with the prospect mavens, and many good and even great players never made a Top 100 prospects list.—
Jake Ciely,
The Athletic,
10 Mar. 2025
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But, as the bourbon mavens know, California law requires Costco stores to admit non-members who are shopping for alcohol.—
Bay Area News Group,
The Mercury News,
7 Mar. 2025
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As a child, he was surrounded by professionals involved with the institute who were PhDs, lawyers and doctors, so his parents were skeptical about his choice to make music for a living, the singer recalled to CBS News in May 2022.—
Ilana Frost,
People.com,
16 Mar. 2025
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As such, in the past 12 months it's been embraced as the go-to bot-therapist and life coach – particularly among Silicon Valley tech professionals.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
16 Mar. 2025
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Setting up trekking pole tents takes a little practice to master, but Lanshan’s convenient hook system makes the process easy.—
Alice Bennett,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Mar. 2025
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This was just the beginning of how young tech masters worked on ways to share music across the internet.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
20 Mar. 2025
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But the second-year Tour pro made his first time around TPC Sawgrass a memorable one during Thursday's first round.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
15 Mar. 2025
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Look for professional golfers or coaches with a history of helping pros and amateurs.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Perhaps Sheridan’s greatest magic trick occurs on Landman, where the adept acting of Billy Bob Thornton and Jon Hamm make the case that Thornton’s oil-field fixer and Hamm’s billionaire are the true American martyrs.—
Stephen Rodrick,
Rolling Stone,
9 Mar. 2025
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Around him, dense as a swarm of tiny insects, float tiny images of fellow adepts engaged in all manner of outré shenanigans.—
Holland Cotter,
New York Times,
26 Dec. 2024
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There is a certainty to her sentences that sets her alongside past masters (your William Trevors, your Anton Chekhovs) and a singular beauty to her observations.—
Tomi Obaro,
Vulture,
21 Nov. 2024
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Coppola, a past master at directing actors, allows his performers – who include Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Aubrey Plaza, and Nathalie Emmanuel – to shamelessly ham it up.—
Peter Rainer,
The Christian Science Monitor,
26 Sep. 2024
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“Doyenne.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doyenne. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.
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