haute monde

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Noun
  • Lagerbielke — or more accurately, the 11th Baron Lagerbielke — is a member of the Swedish nobility and lies 254th in line to the country’s throne.
    Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Known as the Dragon Slayer, he’s often shown meditating, praying, waxing philosophical, and pontificating on nobility, integrity and honor.
    Pamela Chelin, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Mayor Mamdani made $1,643 in royalties from his now-defunct rap career last year, a copy of his tax return shows.
    Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • That struggle exploded into the Investiture Controversy, one of the most consequential conflicts of the Middle Ages, and lay crucial groundwork for the Magna Carta, the first document to hold royalty subject to the law.
    Joëlle Rollo-Koster, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Hitching is particularly good at connecting you to those living at the margins of society — the kinds of people many of us don’t encounter often through normal channels and the media.
    Big Think, Big Think, 14 Apr. 2026
  • The government estimates that half a million people living in the shadows of Spanish society could be eligible to apply; analysts say the number is likely higher.
    ABC News, ABC News, 14 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Maintainers of the Linux kernel have seen a similar change in the quality of bug reports.
    Huo Jingnan, NPR, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Many people are ignored for decades, particularly great performers and elderly folks who conceal their qualities.
    Lucy Jones April 11, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • On Monday, a Downing Street spokesperson said that Starmer believes that Mandelson should be stripped of his peerage.
    Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 2 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
  • But his natural gentility is tough to dress down.
    Naveen Kumar, Variety, 10 Apr. 2026
  • But the glory and gentility that had been the Pontchartrain was gone.
    Rick Bragg, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Link, whose real name is Dylan, helped to create Alex prior to the mass extinction event that sent the world's upper crust into Paradise.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Two leagues that are deeper but don't have that really thick upper crust would be the Big 10 and the SEC.
    Dana Taylor, USA Today, 13 Mar. 2026
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“Haute monde.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/haute%20monde. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.

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