dignitary

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Recent Examples of dignitary And so, on July 4, 2004, with dignitaries in attendance and Silverstein fuming, a 20-ton block of polished Adirondack granite was craned into place — before later being trucked away for storage. Justin Davidson, Curbed, 11 Sep. 2024 The gathering in Kazan also gives Putin ample opportunity for one-on-one facetime with his fellow BRICS leaders and other friendly dignitaries in attendance. Simone McCarthy, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024 The Pfister is known for its beautiful architecture, and has hosted many presidents and dignitaries over the years. Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 17 Oct. 2024 The Copper Queen Hotel, a hotel conceived by the corporation that ran the mine to host industry dignitaries, is not on the Spooktacular Passport but is also a Bisbee landmark with a haunted history. Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 15 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for dignitary 
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Noun
  • The Japan Times reported that the letters were carved into a wooden pillar of a traditional entrance, known as a torii gate, at the Meiji Shrine.
    Arata Yamamoto, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Somewhere along the winding road of this historic 40th season, Bananas and his angels (Aviv, Jenny, and Rachel) decided to make foot content a core pillar of their business plan.
    Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • News of Chigvintsev’s arrest ended what appeared to be a reality TV-style fairy-tale romance, involving the two celebrities.
    Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • The most powerful female celebrities are also doing their part.
    Maggie McGrath, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Two weeks ago in Washington, D.C., a mysterious poop monument appeared by the U.S. Capitol.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
  • White boys climb the town square’s Confederate monument.
    Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Step into the spotlight and let your dynamic personality inspire others to see the possibilities.
    Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Using the Concise function on highlighted text to boil it down strips out too much personality, while the Friendly function gets too wordy and often misses the sentence's or paragraph's original point.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Loading your audio article From one of pop music’s biggest stars to an opera about Mount Everest and a music festival inspired by Leonard Cohen, there is a lot to see and do in the Bay Area this weekend.
    Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
  • How did Kornacki become famous? Kornacki became somewhat of an internet star during the 2020 presidential election with his wall-to-wall election coverage as ballot-counting lasted for days in crucial battleground states.
    Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 6 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The last successful Maxwell model was called the Chrysler Six, so when Maxwell Motors reorganized, the name was changed to Chrysler Corp. with guess-who as its president and board chairman.
    David Krumboltz, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
  • Adding poignancy, the narrative is interspersed with obituaries of some of the patients Shelly could not save, showing them as human beings and not just names on a medical chart.
    Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 10 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Ranged about him is a sculpted gallery of Communism’s great dictators, many of whom, like Lenin, had to be hoisted gasping out of the mud, along with a sprinkling of other worthies.
    Christopher Helman, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
  • And again, the Wednesday dance is time-capsule worthy.
    Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 12 Mar. 2023
Noun
  • With seven pennants in 11 seasons as manager of the Homestead Grays, Harris was one of the unsung heroes of the Negro Leagues.
    Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
  • However, the Dodgers didn’t give Buehler that chance on Monday, allowing the World Series hero to test the open market.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024

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“Dignitary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dignitary. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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