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Definition of knightsnext
plural of knight

knights

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verb

present tense third-person singular of knight
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Noun
  • Peyton, 27, showed small, delicate drawings of princes, aristocrats, historical figures, writers.
    Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2026
  • The princes founded the charity, aimed at helping children in Lethoso and Botswana, in honor of their late mothers, Princess Diana and Queen 'Mamohato Bereng Seeiso.
    Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Opening the home-and-away semifinal series at BMO Stadium on Wednesday night, LAFC secured a late 2-1 victory over the two-time defending Liga MX champions, giving the MLS power a real shot of reaching its third Champions Cup final since 2020.
    Josh Gross, Daily News, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Celebrity makeup artist Joel Vasquez champions a less-is-more approach.
    Micaela English, Glamour, 30 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The government commissions murals and sculptures for schools, libraries, and hospitals.
    John P. Murphy, ARTnews.com, 5 Apr. 2026
  • The Environment Committee passed SB 457 in March, which requires distributors to manage their own container redemption programs and commissions a DEEP study of previous anti-fraud measures.
    Angela Eichhorst, Hartford Courant, 3 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The young women and their cavaliers headed to L’Arc, a nightclub in Paris situated near the Shangri-La; there, the group continued their celebrations some hours later.
    Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 1 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • The Fitzgerald settlement ennobles neither side.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Silberman is one of South Florida’s oldest living World War II veterans, having served as a communications and decoding officer aboard the battleship USS Arkansas in the Pacific.
    Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 2 May 2026
  • Vegas is another experienced playoff team loaded with veterans.
    Greg Beacham, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2026
Verb
  • Yet unlike physical fog that eventually lifts, The Fog keeps data opaque at all times—even as computation happens.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The first half of May stays relatively busy, but the pressure gradually lifts.
    Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Staffers maintain that recruits have actually manipulated highlights for years, before AI, and there are tells, such as watching to see if the referees or people in the stands are sped up.
    Antonio Morales, New York Times, 1 May 2026
  • When that happens, the recruiters usually close the doors immediately, sometimes with new recruits inside.
    Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 1 May 2026
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“Knights.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knights. Accessed 3 May. 2026.

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