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ladyships

plural of ladyship

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for ladyships
Noun
  • Unable to attend the hearings to hear those words were Joan and Terry, the aging family matriarchs who have never wavered in their support, the cousins said.
    Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Keaton became the go-to actress for family matriarchs and long-suffering wives in the years that followed, with memorable performances in The Other Sister, The Family Stone, and Town & Country.
    Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Back were the villas and the apartments, the chauffeurs and the mistresses swaddled in foreign luxury.
    Julia Ioffe, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
  • In an examination of stigma, resilience, and the search for self-worth, Paul channels his mental health struggles into domestic service for mistresses and online rituals of cleaning.
    Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • There have been multiple reports confirming the two will keep their royal titles, remaining princesses, and will still be styled as Her Royal Highness.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 4 Nov. 2025
  • In the end, the magazine only mentioned the princesses in passing.
    Max Tani, semafor.com, 3 Nov. 2025
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“Ladyships.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ladyships. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.

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