haute monde

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Noun
  • The film focuses on the power grabbing tête-à-tête between both Sarah and Abigail, with the latter even marrying a colonel in order to regain her nobility.
    Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 23 Sep. 2025
  • But in, say, the French Revolution, things got going in part because of the popular unrest and the popular upheavals, but also because there was an inner circle of members of the French nobility who were totally pissed at Louis XVI.
    Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The company said taxpayers would benefit in future years from royalties on any coal mined.
    Jordan Blum, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Though the album’s genres are superficially diverse—you’ll hear flashes of grunge, trap, and, yes, reggae—its arrangements could work fine as royalty-free background music for content creators.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The proportion of Americans who believe legal sports betting is bad for both society and sport in the United States has increased sharply over the past three years, according to a new poll.
    James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Money was flowing in, as the US and its allies attempted to rebuild civil society destroyed by the Taliban’s brutal rule from 1996 to 2001, even as fighting and insecurity still plagued swathes of the nation.
    Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Donate today to preserve the quality and integrity of local journalism.
    Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Ndiaye, stationed on the right, had more space to conjure the game-winning moment of quality.
    Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Like the book, the show is predicated on a classic Gilded Age bargain: American heiresses fill the dwindling coffers of the British peerage; correspondingly eligible dukes and lords bestow a noble title that papers over a nouveau-riche designation.
    Elle Carroll, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Season 3 featured their characters making a big bet on a green tech energy company led by a member of the British peerage, portrayed by Kit Harington, who told THR he’s been a long-time fan of Industry.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 5 June 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Elordi plays Heathcliff, the romantic anti-hero who is discovered on the streets before being taken in by a wealthy member of Britain’s landed gentry, only to fall in love with their daughter.
    Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But this was close to the borderline of gentility.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Modesty, gentility, and protocol have no place in the apartment grope.
    Nicholas Pileggi, Curbed, 15 Aug. 2025
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“Haute monde.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/haute%20monde. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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