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After announcing his divorce from his third wife, Countess Karen Spencer, in June, news broke this week that Spencer’s current partner, Dr. Cat Jarman, was suing the countess, alleging misuse of private information, according to reports.
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Rachel Burchfield, People.com, 15 Oct. 2024
Another story took him to a private cruise ship for the ultra-rich, which serves in the novel as a home for Campbell’s mother-in-law, a countess.
—Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
Mian told the Associated Press (and other news outlets) that Gunther came from a long line of dogs that inherited a ton of money from a German countess back in the day.
—Korin Miller, Women's Health, 1 Feb. 2023
Daniel Day-Lewis stars as an upper-class lawyer caught between his fiancée (Winona Ryder) and a controversial countess (Michelle Pfeiffer).
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 9 Mar. 2024
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Rachel Burchfield, People.com, 15 Oct. 2024
Another story took him to a private cruise ship for the ultra-rich, which serves in the novel as a home for Campbell’s mother-in-law, a countess.
—Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
Mian told the Associated Press (and other news outlets) that Gunther came from a long line of dogs that inherited a ton of money from a German countess back in the day.
—Korin Miller, Women's Health, 1 Feb. 2023
Daniel Day-Lewis stars as an upper-class lawyer caught between his fiancée (Winona Ryder) and a controversial countess (Michelle Pfeiffer).
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 9 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for countess
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Royal Style The duchess made another solo red-carpet appearance.Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 5 Dec. 2024
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For the occasion, the duchess wholly embraced the drama and showmanship of the theater with her attire.Julia Teti, WWD, 8 Aug. 2024
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Because the baroness is right: Britain has been for sale for decades.Matt Slater, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024
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In the late 1950s, LaVey formed a magic circle in San Francisco to explore black magic and the occult (the regulars included friends like Anger, the Danish baroness Carin de Plessen, and fantasy/sci-fi writers such as Fritz Leiber and August Derleth, the first publisher of H. P. Lovecraft).Alex Bhattacharji, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2024
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John Loughrey, who had arrived in Sandringham the night before, wore a shirt featuring photos of Kate and badges of the princess.Erin Hill, People.com, 25 Dec. 2024
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The 101-year-old company introduced its first Black princess in 2009.Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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Multiple media outlets begin to publish explainers on the marchioness, but not all of them mention the affair rumors.Ellie Hall, Vulture, 9 July 2024
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Marjorie Paget, marchioness of Anglesey, wore the necklace to the coronation of King George VI in 1937.Amarachi Orie, CNN, 24 Sep. 2024
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While Jon is bound to leadership by a sense of duty, Daenerys sees herself as a liberator, a queen steeped in moral righteousness who freed slaves across the sea for the greater good.David Sims, The Atlantic, 14 July 2017
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THE TRENDSETTER Salt & Straw is the homecoming queen of ice cream in LA.Cole Kazdin, Los Angeles Magazine, 14 July 2017
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Fittingly, Blanco proposed to Gomez with a large marquise diamond set on an eternity band.Gil Macias, People.com, 14 Dec. 2024
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The buckle took inspiration from the shoes of marquises in French aristocratic courts, and Mr. Vivier modernized it.Allyson Portee, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Oct. 2024
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Season 2 will follow Quinn's second book, The Viscount Who Loved Me, and the quest of the eldest Bridgerton, Anthony, to find his viscountess.Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 21 June 2023
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Season 2, on the other hand, was all about her brother Anthony Bridgerton's (Jonathan Bailey) quest to find his viscountess.Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2023
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Maybe Kate can get Parton to hop back across the pond to play a few songs and, as a real Southern gentlewoman, teach those rather provincial Brits how to properly serve tea.Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 28 Aug. 2023
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In the north, Solomon knew, young oblates, the cherished daughters of gentlewomen, were given to the Lord out of the ranks of the nobility.Cynthia Ozick, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Apr. 2023
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“Countess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/countess. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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