éminence grise

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Recent Examples of éminence grise But none have matched JPMorgan, which, under the leadership of Wall Street’s eminence grise Jamie Dimon, has thrived. Paolo Confino, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2024 Belafonte was 57, an eminence grise in entertainment, and his participation motivated lots of artists who admired him. Rob Tannenbaum, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2024 Federer serving in the Sinatra/Clooney part as the eminence grise. Jason Gay, WSJ, 24 Sep. 2022 That emotionally astute author, the eminence grise, the institutional memory. Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2021 Matthews is an eminence grise of television news, his pugilistic and red-cheeked persona familiar to viewers from countless election nights. BostonGlobe.com, 2 Mar. 2020 In the world of the candle obsessed, Diptyque is the eminence grise. Kathleen Hou, The Cut, 16 Jan. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for éminence grise
Noun
  • Once a bad-boy on court, McEnroe developed into an elder statesman in tennis broadcasting.
    Merlisa Lawrence Corbett, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
  • But, looking to start a rehabilitation of his image as an elder statesman of a party out of power, Biden urged his fellow Democrats to keep the faith and stay vigilant.
    Philip Elliott, Time, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • Created through a bipartisan measure signed into law by President Trump in 2020, the lifeline serves veterans and non-English speakers in addition to LGBTQ+ young people.
    Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 15 May 2025
  • The studio has enlisted roughly 40 animation crew members, including veterans of past Hartman productions, working remotely from locations around the world.
    Carolyn Giardina, Variety, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • The audience was private, but the Vatican released Leo’s prepared text and that of the dean of the diplomatic corps.
    Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2025
  • In a 2009 case, the Supreme Court said FERPA is only about the records that are permanently stored in the principal’s office or the dean’s office and a file that corresponds to a student’s name.
    Holly Yan, CNN Money, 10 May 2025
Noun
  • As in the real world, the kids handle some of their business better than their elders, and sometimes the elders prove wiser than the kids.
    Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025
  • The younger generation, as my own parents and grandparents soon learned, can be a lot less patient with the problems their elders tolerate.
    Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2025

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“éminence grise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/%C3%A9minence%20grise. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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