gentilesse

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gentilesse
Noun
  • During his adolescence, the sensibility among the youth was to turn away from the gentility of the race man and toward the existential and the militant.
    Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 14 June 2025
  • Its noble gentility has been subtly adding to the DNA of the California sound.
    Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
Noun
  • Behind the political politesse is the challenge of urban mayors to advocate for immediate needs, while also playing the longer game of seeking structural changes in how Connecticut meets its constitutional responsibility of equitably funding public education.
    Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2025
  • Her social politesse transforms into a maternal fury and the air turns blue with inventive insults.
    Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • Where other versions of the story bear names like Tombstone and Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Ford’s emphasizes the character who symbolizes civility and the possibility of a better world to come, even if that world might have no place for men like Earp in it.
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 18 July 2025
  • Morrison is focused on supporting working families, standing up against extremism, and fostering a culture of civility and respect in politics.
    Pioneer Press, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • No One Saw Coming follows a group of Black women — healers, leaders, artists, and mothers — creating a new blueprint for resistance in a society that demands their exhaustion while denying their safety and dignity.
    Daisy Auger-Domínguez, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • His dream is to help seed a truly circular economy whereby his compatriots can safely, cleanly and with dignity turn garbage into gold.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 6 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The bride-to-be's post and the subsequent responses have opened up a larger conversation about family dynamics, wedding etiquette and emotional manipulation.
    Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Both instances call into question proper airplane etiquette, a hot topic online nowadays, as people debate the best ways to share the air while respecting personal space and boundaries.
    Meredith Wilshere, People.com, 10 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Or the grace, humor and gratitude from the before times?
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Geneva, meanwhile, radiates diplomacy and cosmopolitan grace—its lakeside promenades framed by swans and sailboats, and the Jet d’Eau rising like a silver plume.
    Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Alba’s look came courtesy of the eponymous designer’s spring 2026 ready-to-wear collection, which debuted as part of Paris Fashion Week in June.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 11 Aug. 2025
  • The Cowboys would end up scoring their first points of the preseason on that drive courtesy of a 35-yard Brandon Aubrey field goal to cut their first-half deficit to 14-3.
    Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Or will other refinements have to come to his skill set?
    Tony East, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2025
  • The 50 Sub and 80 Sub are being replaced with a 64-inch beast and a 100-inch behemoth – both coming with a host of refinements designed to deliver impactful ultra-low rumble.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Aug. 2025
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“Gentilesse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gentilesse. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.

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