duke

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Recent Examples of duke Four years later, racer Vittorio Belmondo bought the car from the duke and had modifications made that reportedly included a new grille and wings. Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 14 May 2025 Some unhinged lunatic, a man, wearing daisy dukes, at a makeup store, got in my face today. Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2025 The handsome and charismatic Lord Edward Fitzgerald, an Anglican son of a duke, renounced his title and commanded the society’s militia. Joseph Patrick Kelly, The Conversation, 20 May 2025 The duke is also among a group of celebrities suing another publisher, Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL), which prints the Daily Mail, accusing it of lawbreaking in its attempts to gather information on them. Henry Austin, NBC news, 2 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for duke
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Noun
  • The oldest in the region is the Half Way House in Chesterfield, of course, which has been serving Founding Fathers, Civil War generals and at least one French marquis since 1760.
    Karri Peifer, Axios, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Queen Charlotte presents Francesca with a marquis from Vienna.
    Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 16 May 2024
Noun
  • All retained their titles of prince and princess, but these titles will become personal and any future spouses or children will not have a right to them.
    Alex Apatoff, People.com, 15 July 2025
  • Bailey is Fiyero, a prince and popular student at Shiz University, while Goldblum plays the iconic Wizard.
    Daysia Tolentino, EW.com, 13 July 2025
Noun
  • In the book, Benedict falls for Sophie Beckett, the daughter of an earl who’s been hidden away from the Ton and forced to work as a housemaid by her spiteful stepmother.
    Radhika Seth, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2025
  • With James' support, George became an earl, a marquess and ultimately a duke (a rarity for nonroyals).
    Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2024
Noun
  • Janie Hunt, 9, of Dallas, a great-granddaughter of oil baron William Herbert Hunt and a relative of the family that owns the Kansas City Chiefs, was attending Camp Mystic for the first time, her grandmother Margaret Hunt told the New York Times.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 July 2025
  • Huene, a baron, had known Paley since dancing school in Russia, where his father had been equerry to the czar.
    Amy Fine Collins, airmail.news, 5 July 2025
Noun
  • The viscount’s son, the Marquis of Praia and Monforte, added a second floor and greatly expanded the garden surrounding it, purchasing ten more hectares and bringing the property to 12.5 hectares (31 acres) and turning parts of it into a romantic garden in the English fashion.
    Ann Abel, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
  • The other half, however, followed the taste of the viscount and was more classical.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • And with Crimson Peak, del Toro swings for the fences, with big gestures from English baronet Sir Thomas Sharpe (Tom Hiddleson) to prove his love for American heiress Edith Cushing (Mia Wasikowska), a big decaying mansion, and big ghost energy.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2024
  • For one, Lady Valerie Meux, a banjo-playing music hall singer who married a British baronet, became a social sensation and quirky philanthropist, and was known to drive around London in a carriage pulled by a pair of zebras.
    Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2024
Noun
  • Two funerals will be held for the late margrave — one open to the public, and another private service.
    Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 30 Dec. 2022
  • Karl Max Heinrich Sixtus Xavier Felix Renatus Ludwig Gaetan Pius Ignatius, and his titles included king of Hungary and Bohemia, margrave of Moravia, and grand prince of Transylvania.
    Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 12 Apr. 2022
Noun
  • Seat of the Cholmondeley family for centuries, the Norfolk pile has also become one of the nation’s most galvanizing stages for contemporary art, thanks to David Cholmondeley, the filmmaker seventh marquess of the line, and his wife, Rose.
    Mitchell Owens, Architectural Digest, 2 Aug. 2024
  • An early Titian masterpiece — once looted by Napolean’s troops and a part of royal collections for centuries — caused a stir when it was stolen from the home of a British marquess in 1995.
    Niha Masih, Washington Post, 4 July 2024

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