haute monde

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Noun
  • This quiet movie still packs a mighty punch—a timeless lesson in the power of empathy and nobility to melt seemingly insurmountable differences.
    Time, Time, 10 June 2026
  • Despite her lot in life, Sophie is highly educated, speaks fluent French and carries herself with dignified nobility.
    Jennifer Maas, Variety, 10 June 2026
Noun
  • The game is also set to host royalty; King Willem-Alexander and Queen Màxima of the Netherlands plan to attend the match.
    Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 18 June 2026
  • But there’s something else worth protecting, something harder to quantify than a catalog or a royalty stream.
    Jem Aswad, Variety, 18 June 2026
Noun
  • These kinetic battles are creating the kind of real-life human interactions that aren’t so common in a modern society that revolves around smartphones.
    Chris Lau, CNN Money, 24 June 2026
  • By contrast, generations of pubs have catered to a broad swath of society, so many Melburnians enjoy eating out affordably as a matter of course.
    Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2026
Noun
  • Too many teams, not enough quality.
    Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 21 June 2026
  • Researchers are hoping to better understand what Minnesotans think about water quality.
    Adam Del Rosso, CBS News, 20 June 2026
Noun
  • An initial request asks King to modify seven pages featuring the Dame Winifred Harcourt character, including an anecdote that parodied Skeffington-Lodge’s fumbled attempt to secure a peerage.
    Charlie Tyson, Harpers Magazine, 21 Apr. 2026
  • In addition to seeking Mandelson’s withdrawal from the House of Lords, Starmer has sought to strip him of his peerage — a somewhat Herculean task that can only be done through an act of parliament.
    Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 3 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The nobles and gentry—the billionaires of Tudor England—made fortunes from the reclaimed monastery lands and created a myth of Henry’s military strength and English pride.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Parker will play Mary Washington, George’s strong willed mother, while Rodgers will play Sally Cary, the charming beauty of the Virginia gentry who first sees his potential.
    Alex Ritman, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Before the yuppie era, a certain staid gentility prevailed.
    Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
  • While widely opposed because of the jarring mixture of southern gentility and Pittsburgh-centricity, the merger doubled the size of the airline and brought the Charlotte hub, now American’s second largest hub and the third biggest single airline hub in the world.
    Ted Reed, Forbes.com, 9 June 2026
Noun
  • She’s being raised in upper crust Gilead society, tutored in a private girls’ school led by Aunt Lydia (Ann Dowd) for a potential prosperous husband, specifically one in the upper ranks of the military.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 27 May 2026
  • To give the illusion of a real club for California’s upper crust, several celebrities make cameos as club guests, including Michael Phelps, Suni Lee, and Finneas O’Connell, all of whom play snobbish parodies of themselves.
    Sam Reed, Glamour, 17 Apr. 2026
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“Haute monde.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/haute%20monde. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.

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