petits-maîtres

plural of petit-maître

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for petits-maîtres
Noun
  • Besides regularly removing dust that forms on the fan blades, cleaning needs can also change with the seasons.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2025
  • After a season of frequent mowing, mower blades are often dull by fall.
    Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • His beloved baseball glove; the cashmere quarter-zips his grandma bought him for Christmas — anything to raise a hundred bucks and feed the addiction.
    Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2025
  • About a dozen does with some small bucks were coming in and out of the field.
    Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • And now, with a lucrative new four-year deal for film and TV at Paramount for their production company, Upside Down Pictures, they’re primed to become the crown princes of Hollywood.
    Kate Aurthur, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Saudi Arabia launched a high-profile effort to stamp out corruption in 2017 with the detention of princes, government ministers, and business moguls at the Ritz-Carlton in Riyadh, recovering over $100 billion in assets.
    Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 5 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Carousing dandies like Pulp's Jarvis Cocker and Oasis' Liam Gallagher also know that rock stars should be larger than life; their Union Jerk high jinks were refreshing after years of fame-shy American alt-rockers.
    EW Staff Published, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Corvids — birds of a group that includes jays, crows and ravens — are notoriously clever.
    Amanda Schupak, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The bird may be among the first examples of climate change contributing to the formation of hybrid animals, the researchers say, as the habitat ranges of blue jays and green jays did not overlap until a few decades ago.
    Mike Snider, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Steelers-Bengals game presents an incredible nod to human potential, and a great chance to see two old dudes – both of whom just happen to be Super Bowl-winning QBs like Brady and Brees – duke it out.
    Coy Wire, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Teoscar, one of the great dudes in the game.
    Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
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“Petits-maîtres.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/petits-ma%C3%AEtres. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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