glitterati

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Recent Examples of glitterati For nearly 40 years, the Hollywood glitterati traded their stilettos for hiking boots in service of the Sundance Film Festival, Robert Redford’s celebration of independent cinema in the Utah mountains. — Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2026 Opened in 1896 by Caspar Badrutt, the hotel has long been a playground for the glitterati; Coco Chanel, Audrey Hepburn and Alfred Hitchcock – who even has a suite named after him – were all regulars. — Fergus Scholes, TheWeek, 3 Nov. 2026 Atlanta’s glitterati in attendance, their presence an endorsement of the product. — Ken Sugiura, AJC.com, 23 Oct. 2026 The chatelaine of the high-society squad, Swift has been rubbing shoulders with the great, the good, and the glamorous of Britain’s glitterati all from the comfort of their natural habitat. — Ben Jureidini, Vanity Fair, 15 Aug. 2026 The bout was a big draw for glitterati, gangs and their entourages -- particularly from Southern California. — Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026 Unlike Portofino and Capri, Sestri didn’t become a glitterati haven, although Avatar star Zoe Saldana vacationed here several years ago, and Casey Affleck and Matt Dillon have turned up for the town’s annual film festival. — Catherine Sabino, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026 Both Margaret and Snowdon have since passed, but their former country home still holds fascinating stories from their time as members of the mid-century glitterati. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 15 July 2026 Yet for all his issues outside of golf, his mere presence still gets a room full of golf glitterati and paparazzi buzzing. — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 26 June 2026
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  1. A-list
  2. elite
  3. society
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  • But when Depp was first jettisoned from Hollywood’s A-list, major studios had begun to tire of his antics.
    — J. Kim Murphy, IndieWire, 6 Nov. 2026
  • In April, Chastain chopped her signature long, vibrant orange-copper red hair into a chin-length, blunt bob, courtesy of celebrity hairstylist Renato Campora, whose A-list clientele also includes Angelina Jolie, Selena Gomez and Amanda Seyfried.
    — Arushi Jacob, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2026
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  • For over 50 years, college football’s elite congregated in New Haven, for the Walter Camp Football Foundation awards dinner.
    — Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 9 Nov. 2026
  • The findings also suggest that at least some members of the ancient Siberian elite consumed weed for its intoxicating effects.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of elite
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  • The team from Germany, Russia, Sweden and Switzerland said analysis of hair in the royal tomb where cannabis seeds turned up, sheds new light on the plant's role in ancient societies.
    — Mary Evans, Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2026
  • The film, set between the years 1945 and 1947, depicts a society struggling to recover from war, only to be reduced, once again, by the arrival of a kaiju (as giant monsters are known in Japanese, and to fans of the corresponding film genre).
    — Matt Alt, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2026
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