peerage

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Recent Examples of peerage During his investigations, Mr. Chanin used an online database that tracks the genealogical history of the British peerage and unearthed a name that looked similar: the Honorable Robert Anthony Rayne. Joshua Needelman, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2023 The fictional Kingdom of Redonda is something of a running in-joke among European artists, who occupy the throne and make up most of its peerage. Clay Risen, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2022 He later was granted a peerage, making Jane a baroness. Annie Goldsmith, Town & Country, 31 May 2022 Though most historians agree that Anne was likely innocent of the crimes she was accused of, she was nonetheless unanimously convicted by a court of the peerage. Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 28 Aug. 2022 See All Example Sentences for peerage
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Noun
  • Embalmers had different recipes for preparing and preserving bodies depending on the era; the budget; the level of nobility and gender of the deceased; and the availability of ingredients such as plant resins, oils and other unguents that could preserve and perfume the remains.
    Sarah Everts, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2025
  • European salons were nobility inviting composers into their homes to write and play music.
    August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Additionally, these companies pay severance taxes, royalties, property taxes, and more, all of which generate significant revenue for governments.
    Robert Rapier, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
  • To keep these stores operational, the company has reportedly withheld royalties and rent payments in various locations.
    Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • She as the most gentry eyes and a delightful personality.
    Trish Stinger, Kansas City Star, 15 Jan. 2025
  • The Whitehaven neighborhood had developed in the late 19th century and attracted as residents the Memphis gentry.
    Michael T. Bertrand, The Conversation, 5 June 2024
Noun
  • In the special, Maron comments on everything from society’s obsession with turmeric, to the end times of Trump, and the cultish, religious vibes of Marvel superfans.
    Will DiGravio, TIME, 21 Feb. 2025
  • David Cannon, Aurora Medicaid cut will be devastating for society’s most vulnerable In Washington, the new U.S. House budget framework directs the Energy and Commerce Committee to cut at least $880 billion in spending.
    Courier-News, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Like Michaels, the band wanted to maintain its nonconformist cred, even though its members were verging on gentility.
    Jillian Sederholm, EW.com, 18 Feb. 2025
  • Immediately upon being plucked from the proverbial shadows of the backroom studio, Alessandro Michele astonished with his new Gucci, a house reawakened by an intriguing gentility rich with influences from antiquity to today’s urban culture.
    Bridget Foley, WWD, 27 Sep. 2024

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