gentries

plural of gentry

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Noun
  • Many students rely on social media platforms to access online classes, research materials and collaborative learning tools.
    Nir Kshetri, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2025
  • His long-term plans are to add a chocolate program and offer pastry-making classes, something he’s done in the past at a Tustin cooking school and on his own Rull’s Kitchen YouTube channel that has more than 12,000 subscribers.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In some cases, triglyceride levels rose by factors of 100 or more.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Beets should be consumed 60 to 90 minutes before a workout to let nitrate levels peak.
    Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Pundits have always dominated the ranks of posters on social media, but now the masses of silent followers are declining, and continued posting risks preaching to accounts of the converted, the disengaged, or the defunct.
    Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2025
  • First of all, the franchise has tended to pull its season leads from its own ranks over the years, with many Bachelorette stars having previously competed on The Bachelor, and vice versa.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Gentries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gentries. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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