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stewardess

noun

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as in steward

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Recent Examples of stewardess The flight attendant profession dates back to the 1930s, when the first stewardesses – many of them nurses – were hired to assist passengers. — Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 30 May 2026 Hartman also appeared in Dunkirk as a stewardess. — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Apr. 2026 Passengers can even identify their rank by the color of their uniform for stewardesses, or for stewards, by the color of their tie. — Scott Laird, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2026 Lee helped convict a Connecticut airline pilot accused of carving up his stewardess wife with a chainsaw and running the pieces through a wood chipper. — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 27 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for stewardess
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  • As stewards of the largest contiguous open space on Aquidneck Island, our biggest challenge is scale.
    — Will Richmond, The Providence Journal, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Much to the stewards’ relief, no pitch encroachment took place.
    — Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
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