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Recent Examples of gent
My favorite Kicks player was a gent from Cambridgeshire named Mike Bailey.
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Literary Hub, 18 May 2026
Or gents or anyone else, though the Masters isn’t exactly a hotbed of bold, gender-interrogating fashion decisions.
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 6 Apr. 2026
The senior sub on the desk was a smoothly silver-haired gent of the old school.
—Christine Smallwood, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
Details on those roles are still elusive, but the Supernatural gents, who portrayed Sam Winchester and Castiel, are seen now in gaudy button-downs within a massive mansion.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Mar. 2026
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Literary Hub, 18 May 2026
Or gents or anyone else, though the Masters isn’t exactly a hotbed of bold, gender-interrogating fashion decisions.
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 6 Apr. 2026
The senior sub on the desk was a smoothly silver-haired gent of the old school.
—Christine Smallwood, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
Details on those roles are still elusive, but the Supernatural gents, who portrayed Sam Winchester and Castiel, are seen now in gaudy button-downs within a massive mansion.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gent
Noun
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Take The Music Lesson, a study of a young woman playing the virginal, closely watched by a gentleman, which Graham-Dixon reads as a depiction of Collegiants chastely performing and singing psalms.—
Clare Bucknell,
Harpers Magazine,
23 June 2026
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That is some business that the gentlemen are discussing.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
Noun
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There, an adult male was suffering from an apparent gunshot.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
19 June 2026
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Two districts, Ann Arbor Public Schools and Monroe Public Schools, are being investigated for allegedly allowing biological males to compete against girls.—
Ryan Morik OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
19 June 2026
Noun
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After a lengthy, wide-ranging search for their next coach, the Portland Trail Blazers have chosen one of the guys already at the front of the line.—
Rohan Nadkarni,
NBC news,
24 June 2026
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Alcantara has never been known as a strikeout guy.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
24 June 2026
Noun
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That dude hasn’t been here in years.—
Byron Hurd,
The Drive,
18 June 2026
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Jay, dude, why bother at this point?—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
17 June 2026
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“Gent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gent. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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