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Recent Examples of duchess
All of them thanked the duchess for her past support.
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Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 21 Sep. 2025
The duchess' final resting place will be at the Royal Burial Ground at Frogmore, Windsor, where she will be taken by hearse after the funeral service.
—Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
The duchess, who had three children and 10 grandchildren, was also passionate about music.
—Reuters, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
In its place, consider more stately materials like tulle or duchess satin and crepe de chine.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 23 Aug. 2025
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Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 21 Sep. 2025
The duchess' final resting place will be at the Royal Burial Ground at Frogmore, Windsor, where she will be taken by hearse after the funeral service.
—Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
The duchess, who had three children and 10 grandchildren, was also passionate about music.
—Reuters, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
In its place, consider more stately materials like tulle or duchess satin and crepe de chine.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 23 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for duchess
Noun
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The farm features corn mazes, hot apple cider donuts, pig races and princess and prince shows.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
Updated October 4,
Sacbee.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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In her first collaboration with pop princess Sabrina Carpenter, Swift examines the dark side of fame by telling the tale of a woman named Kitty.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 Oct. 2025
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Neither Oh’s dizzy countess nor Nyong’o’s charming, feckless Viola ever takes the reins of this production, but that would be hard to do.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
22 Aug. 2025
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In a similar vein (pun intended), the 16th-century Hungarian countess Elizabeth Báthory was rumored to have bathed in the blood of young girls to preserve her youth.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
10 Aug. 2025
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Congratulations to Roman on raising two successful queens!—
Essence,
Essence,
1 Oct. 2025
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Another important aspect is the South Sudanese tribes that were filmed look like kings and queens in their colors and in their beads.—
Michal Ruprecht,
NPR,
1 Oct. 2025
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Marjorie Paget, marchioness of Anglesey, wore the necklace to the coronation of King George VI in 1937.—
Amarachi Orie,
CNN,
24 Sep. 2024
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Multiple media outlets begin to publish explainers on the marchioness, but not all of them mention the affair rumors.—
Ellie Hall,
Vulture,
9 July 2024
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Ever wanted to be a baron or a baroness?—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
23 Sep. 2025
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Redford plays Denys, a big game hunter in Out of Africa, while Streep plays Karen, a baroness.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Another shot features a close-up of Gomez's simple bouquet of white flowers, while another highlights her dazzling wedding bands, including the marquise diamond engagement ring Blanco proposed to her with in December 2024.—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
29 Sep. 2025
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In the second photo, Gomez rests her left hand on her new husband's, her marquise diamond engagement ring glinting in the light.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
28 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Bridgerton viscountess is set to star in yet another love story, this time as a woman whose life is turned upside down by an upcoming wedding and the return of a former flame.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
11 Feb. 2025
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Season 2 will follow Quinn's second book, The Viscount Who Loved Me, and the quest of the eldest Bridgerton, Anthony, to find his viscountess.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
Peoplemag,
21 June 2023
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Social status and fashion conspired to make gentlewomen’s footwear of every sort flimsy.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Aug. 2025
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The novelists’ parents were Patrick and Maria Brontë, an Irish clergyman and a Cornish gentlewoman who married in 1812.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
29 May 2025
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“Duchess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duchess. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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