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knight

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Recent Examples of knight
Noun
Alex Aster Announces New Barbie YA Novel As for Harlan Raker, the tall and muscular knight whom Aris hates, Aster doesn't need to see a new face. Katie Hill, PEOPLE, 1 Apr. 2026 She was acquitted and later made a knight in the Order of Orange-Nassau, in recognition of her career as a geriatric physician. Charles Lane, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2026
Verb
Fry, who was recently knighted for services to the environment, mental health awareness and charity, serves as vice-president of conservation charity Fauna & Flora International. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 June 2025 The Oscar-winning Darkest Hour and Slow Horses actor has been knighted by King Charles III in the monarch’s birthday honors. Jake Kanter, Deadline, 13 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for knight
Recent Examples of Synonyms for knight
Noun
  • Then the prince traveled to the River Bain Hydro in Bainbridge, Wensleydale.
    Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 5 May 2026
  • The characters of Prince Adam, He-Man’s alter ego, dressed in a pink vest and seen by some fans as an icon for the LGBTQ+ community, and Orko, a blundering extraterrestrial wizard who helps the prince, were introduced as action figures in 1984.
    Sanat Pai RaikarAll, Encyclopedia Britannica, 4 May 2026
Noun
  • The Sparks fell to defending champion Las Vegas 105-78 in their season opener, unable to contain an efficient Aces team that shot 63% from the floor.
    Marisa Ingemi, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026
  • For decades, a league champion was guaranteed a first-round home game.
    Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 10 May 2026
Verb
  • That’s all we were commissioned to do and that is now done.
    K.J. Yossman, Variety, 7 May 2026
  • All of this has increased the candidate’s profile significantly; a recent poll commissioned by Bores had him within a few points of Schlossberg.
    Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 7 May 2026
Noun
  • One network of seven suspects reportedly received about $300,000, while an Iron Dome reservist was allegedly paid $1,000 — and in some cases, even less.
    Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2026
  • Stephanie Kenny-Velasquez, a Venezuelan wife of an Army reservist and Black Hawk helicopter pilot, was detained during a routine check-in with ICE in December.
    Aileen Clarke, Houston Chronicle, 6 May 2026
Verb
  • Spurs’ back-to-back wins have lifted them out of the relegation zone and their remaining fixtures are hugely important.
    Abdul Rehman, New York Times, 7 May 2026
  • And dirt is moving on the site of a future 148,000-square-foot Target, where developers and city and county officials lifted their shovels Tuesday.
    Rose Evans Updated May 6, Idaho Statesman, 6 May 2026
Noun
  • Enter Orsolya, who shows up at the door with some gendarmes and an official eviction notice and gives Ion twenty minutes to quit the premises.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Additionally, Leo has named a former Swiss Guard lieutenant, Anton Kappler, to serve as a second administrative aide in his office, alongside the former gendarme Piergiorgio Zanetti.
    Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The new commissioner faces the daunting task of improving the existing jail while planning for a world without it.
    Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 11 May 2026
  • Jonathan Bond finished with five saves for Houston (6-5-0), which improved to 2-3-1 on the road.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026
Noun
  • But these warhorses have been rejuvenated in startling ways.
    Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
  • This is a warhorse expected to pull a buggy around a cottage.
    Jesus R. Garcia, Houston Chronicle, 1 Feb. 2026

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“Knight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knight. Accessed 12 May. 2026.

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