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Recent Examples of peerage
Image On Friday, Mr. Starmer submitted his first list of 30 nominees for peerages.
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Mark Landler, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
To win a vote in Parliament, James sometimes simply established new peerages.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024
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
The Duke of Cambridge, Earl of Strathearn (a Scottish peerage), and Baron of Carrickfergus (an Irish peerage).
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 8 Sep. 2022
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Mark Landler, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
To win a vote in Parliament, James sometimes simply established new peerages.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024
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
The Duke of Cambridge, Earl of Strathearn (a Scottish peerage), and Baron of Carrickfergus (an Irish peerage).
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 8 Sep. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for peerage
Noun
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Sitting for a portrait was once reserved for the elite, with kings, queens, and nobility commissioning grand works to immortalize themselves and assert their authority.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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And sure, there’s nobility in that.—
Kevin Sintumuang,
Outside,
27 Aug. 2025
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No word, if Lively and Reynolds are going to Swift’s wedding with repeat Super Bowl champ and Kansas City Chief player Travis Kelce – but then again there is no word when that American royalty nuptial day is happening and who is going besides Swift and Kelce.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
12 Sep. 2025
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At Michael Kors, A-List guests including Gwyneth Paltrow, Olivia Wilde, Leslie Bibb came out to show their support for the American designer, as well as a row of second-generation Hollywood royalty like Leni Klum, Ava Phillippe and Isan Elba.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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Parker will play Mary Washington, George’s strong willed mother, while Rodgers will play Sally Cary, the charming beauty of the Virginia gentry who first sees his potential.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
5 Sep. 2025
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Grammer will play Lord Fairfax, the unofficial leader of the Virginia gentry who has a complicated relationship to young George Washington as both his crucial mentor and as the father of his romantic rival.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
29 Aug. 2025
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The Monoculture Problem Just as agricultural monocultures make ecosystems vulnerable to disease, cognitive monocultures make human societies vulnerable to manipulation and groupthink.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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While the motivation behind the killing is still unknown, Kirk's death has escalated anxieties about the rise of political violence in the United States and the deepening divide within American society.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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But this was close to the borderline of gentility.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Sep. 2025
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Modesty, gentility, and protocol have no place in the apartment grope.—
Nicholas Pileggi,
Curbed,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Peerage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peerage. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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