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Recent Examples of peerage
To win a vote in Parliament, James sometimes simply established new peerages.
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Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024
The Duke of Cambridge, Earl of Strathearn (a Scottish peerage), and Baron of Carrickfergus (an Irish peerage).
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 8 Sep. 2022
King Charles' coronation organizer Earl Marshal, the Duke of Norfolk, uniquely inherited the royal responsibility through his peerage title.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 2 May 2023
During his investigations, Mr. Chanin used an online database that tracks the genealogical history of the British peerage and unearthed a name that looked similar: the Honorable Robert Anthony Rayne.
—Joshua Needelman, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2023
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Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024
The Duke of Cambridge, Earl of Strathearn (a Scottish peerage), and Baron of Carrickfergus (an Irish peerage).
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 8 Sep. 2022
King Charles' coronation organizer Earl Marshal, the Duke of Norfolk, uniquely inherited the royal responsibility through his peerage title.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 2 May 2023
During his investigations, Mr. Chanin used an online database that tracks the genealogical history of the British peerage and unearthed a name that looked similar: the Honorable Robert Anthony Rayne.
—Joshua Needelman, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for peerage
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Another constitutional clause that was removed from the Library of Congress' website included a line that bars Congress from offering Americans titles of nobility — a limitation that sought to safeguard the United States government from being influenced by European monarchies.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Robert is a marquis, inheritor of an ancient title of nobility, who nonetheless has German Jewish ancestry, something that attracts the attention of other characters.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
30 July 2025
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Like any stoned person would in the presence of hip-hop royalty, Lacy decided to break the ice with a joke.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
14 Aug. 2025
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Smart contracts can automate royalty payments, but court systems still determine ownership disputes and infringement claims.—
Sean Lee,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Public Health and Race in Los Angeles, 1879-1939, Natalia Molina systematically breaks down how, more than a century ago, the Chinese, Japanese, and Mexican communities of Los Angeles were portrayed as health threats to the white gentry.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 June 2025
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This differed from Europe, where land ownership was immobilized by gentry classes who housed and employed farmers.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
15 June 2025
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The task now is clear: invest in education, demand higher standards, and rebuild trust from the ground up – because the future of health, sustainability, and society may well be dependent on it.—
Felicia Jackson,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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In the post-Yugoslavia society, there are still traditionalistic values.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Aug. 2025
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During his adolescence, the sensibility among the youth was to turn away from the gentility of the race man and toward the existential and the militant.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
14 June 2025
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Its noble gentility has been subtly adding to the DNA of the California sound.—
Mark Swed,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2025
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“Peerage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peerage. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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