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Recent Examples of grande dame
But the creation was so popular that other grandes dames of international society were soon donning their own versions—affixed to semiprecious and precious stones such as aquamarine and morganite.
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Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2025
Base yourself closer to the airport in the island’s south at Coco Reef Resort & Spa, Tobago’s grande dame oceanfront resort.
—Terry Ward, AFAR Media, 11 Sep. 2025
The grande dame of Alto Adige chardonnay.
—Devin Parr, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Often considered the grande dame of all engineering disciplines, mechanical engineering represents the broadest and most versatile field.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 14 Aug. 2025
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Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2025
Base yourself closer to the airport in the island’s south at Coco Reef Resort & Spa, Tobago’s grande dame oceanfront resort.
—Terry Ward, AFAR Media, 11 Sep. 2025
The grande dame of Alto Adige chardonnay.
—Devin Parr, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Often considered the grande dame of all engineering disciplines, mechanical engineering represents the broadest and most versatile field.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 14 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grande dame
Noun
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The show’s underpinned by the differences in character and country of Lady Cora and her formidable mother-in-law, the dowager Countess Violet Crawley, played by the equally formidable and much missed Dame Maggie Smith.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
22 July 2025
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The empress dowager’s legacy Empress Dowager Ling was largely unsuccessful in her bid for power.—
Stephanie Balkwill,
The Conversation,
17 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Her version of the middle-aged matron was a gentle innocent who faced the world with an unself-conscious enthusiasm.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
15 Dec. 2025
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It is named after Miss Ruby Stokes, who was a matron of the hospital in the 1920s.—
Liam Hess,
Vogue,
26 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Several hundred people gathered outside the federal building, including mothers and grandmothers.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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Good was the mother of three children and had recently moved to Minnesota.—
Emily Holshouser,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Grande dame.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grande%20dame. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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