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Recent Examples of mikado
But this time around the Chanel pairing was the perfect combination of a crisp white silk blouse with ruffled cuffs tucked into a sweeping black mikado skirt.
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Alex Badia, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
Taiwan’s untamed mountains, like Jade Mountain—at nearly 13,000 feet the region’s highest peak, located in Yushan National Park—invite trekkers to rise above the clouds, where Formosan black bears roar and rare birds like the endemic mikado pheasant pass by.
—Alexandra Gillespie, Outside Online, 16 Dec. 2024
One such element was a silk mikado ball skirt attached to an off-the-shoulder top that, when unpinned, transformed the garment from a gown to a jumpsuit finished with pearls and crystals.
—Sadiba Hasan Maansi Srivastava, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2024
Brides can choose from mikado and stretch satin mermaid, column and A-line silhouettes with a variety of necklines including sweetheart, cowl and off-the-shoulder.
—Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 12 Mar. 2024
Standout dishes include Hiramasa crudo with avocado, black radish, and fresh yuzu; scallops wrapped in Savoy cabbage with a black truffle emulsion; spiced roast duck with turnips and Satsuma mandarins; and a poached lobster with endive mikado and malabar pepper sauce.
—William Li, Town & Country, 20 Mar. 2023
Black mikado with tiers of fabric flounces, the look delivered enough drama to compete with the spectacle on-screen.
—Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 6 Sep. 2021
Gordon is squatting in the middle of the room in front of a strapless, white guipure-lace frock with black silk-mikado trim.
—Chloe Malle, WSJ, 6 Dec. 2018
Alex Badia, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
Taiwan’s untamed mountains, like Jade Mountain—at nearly 13,000 feet the region’s highest peak, located in Yushan National Park—invite trekkers to rise above the clouds, where Formosan black bears roar and rare birds like the endemic mikado pheasant pass by.
—Alexandra Gillespie, Outside Online, 16 Dec. 2024
One such element was a silk mikado ball skirt attached to an off-the-shoulder top that, when unpinned, transformed the garment from a gown to a jumpsuit finished with pearls and crystals.
—Sadiba Hasan Maansi Srivastava, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2024
Brides can choose from mikado and stretch satin mermaid, column and A-line silhouettes with a variety of necklines including sweetheart, cowl and off-the-shoulder.
—Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 12 Mar. 2024
Standout dishes include Hiramasa crudo with avocado, black radish, and fresh yuzu; scallops wrapped in Savoy cabbage with a black truffle emulsion; spiced roast duck with turnips and Satsuma mandarins; and a poached lobster with endive mikado and malabar pepper sauce.
—William Li, Town & Country, 20 Mar. 2023
Black mikado with tiers of fabric flounces, the look delivered enough drama to compete with the spectacle on-screen.
—Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 6 Sep. 2021
Gordon is squatting in the middle of the room in front of a strapless, white guipure-lace frock with black silk-mikado trim.
—Chloe Malle, WSJ, 6 Dec. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mikado
Noun
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Near the end of his reign, French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte led an army of over half a million men in an invasion of Russia in 1812.—
Taylor Nicioli,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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As Robert Kalmey observes, this moment encapsulates what Roman historians thought of as the worst of all of Octavius’s crimes against the state before becoming emperor.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The former prince’s accommodation will be privately funded by the King.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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The palace said the former prince will also have to move out of the Royal Lodge mansion near Windsor Castle.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In 2015, Girls actress Allison Williams traversed the New York City subway system dressed as Belle from Beauty and the Beast (1991), looking uncannily similar to the princess.—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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As the two start to fall for each other, things get complicated when Huntley discovers Victoria is a princess.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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His most important client, during a fifty-year career, was an empress, but tsarinas, society mavens, actresses, and courtesans all came to rely on his expertise.—
Leslie Camhi,
New Yorker,
25 July 2025
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There is only one queen at a time and should two reign, they are considered mother-daughter empresses.—
Liza B. Zimmerman,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
Noun
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In the course of human events — at the courts of tsars, sultans, kaisers, shahs and the like — fealty has usually trumped expertise.—
Andreas Kluth,
Twin Cities,
28 Aug. 2025
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King, kaiser, czar, empire, democracy, European civilization, national honor—the reasons, in hindsight, make no sense.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
5 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Edis, chief of the Landon family office and a protégé of its founder, the late swashbuckling billionaire Timothy Landon, who’s legendary as the chief political advisor to his military school chum, the sultan of Oman, notes that Swain gives Houlihan Lokey an extra edge.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
1 Nov. 2025
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Once the residence of sultans, this 17th-century landmark in Istanbul now invites discerning travelers to experience imperial grandeur infused with contemporary touches.—
Susmita Baral,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Oct. 2025
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Instead, these rather daring verses were composed by a Hieronymite nun for her beloved vicereine, the wife of the Spanish king’s representative in New Spain.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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That may in itself pose an ongoing risk to the monarchy's reputation if the public feel Andrew is still being protected by the king.—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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The 22-year-old Australian influencer grew up in the 2010s era makeup YouTubers — when NikkieTutorials, Jaclyn Hill and Laura Lee were the reigning queens of social media — and was completely taken by their creative looks.—
Luke Chinman,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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For three long weeks that began to seem rude or impertinent, as if the Prize hadn’t been announced, as if a king and queen weren’t waiting for his answer, Dylan said nothing about the award.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Mikado.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mikado. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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