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as in majesty
a dignified bearing or appearance befitting someone of royal status
she has an air of royalty that belies her humble origins
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as in aristocracy
individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class
a political fund-raiser attended by the royalty of the Hollywood scene
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Recent Examples of royalty
According to The Economist, the track had generated more than $60 million in royalties as of 2017—a number that has undoubtedly grown in the years since.
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Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 30 Nov. 2024
Bridging Generations, British Style The Kate Moss x Zara collaboration aims to have a broad generational appeal: Millennials who remember Kate Moss as the fashion look heroin of British Vogue, and Gen Z, who see her as vintage chic royalty.
—Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
The Masked Singer is making room for holiday royalty at its Thanksgiving table.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 27 Nov. 2024
DACs is dedicated to championing, protecting, and managing the rights of artists and maximizing their royalties.
—George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 26 Nov. 2024
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Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 30 Nov. 2024
Bridging Generations, British Style The Kate Moss x Zara collaboration aims to have a broad generational appeal: Millennials who remember Kate Moss as the fashion look heroin of British Vogue, and Gen Z, who see her as vintage chic royalty.
—Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
The Masked Singer is making room for holiday royalty at its Thanksgiving table.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 27 Nov. 2024
DACs is dedicated to championing, protecting, and managing the rights of artists and maximizing their royalties.
—George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 26 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for royalty
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Erivo, a musical theater divinity, incarnated Elphaba from the inside out while delivering the power ballads with as much feeling as vocal majesty.Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
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These Classic Movies Make Perfect Gifts Director Jan de Bont's Twister finally shows off the true majesty of his original opus with the film's recent release on 4K Ultra HD for the first time.Simon Thompson, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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Two worlds, one of a dwindling aristocracy, and the other of racing capitalism converge and throw up a whirlwind of clashing ambitions, steamy romance, chic couture and fashion-forward Instagrammable moments.Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2024
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When the Norman Conquest in 1066 installed a French feudal aristocracy in the British Isles, the invaders brought with them a love of winemaking.Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2024
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There were seven Crusades, which cut down the flower of Europe’s nobility and annihilated innumerable poor serfs for a period of more than 150 years until 1270.Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 5 Dec. 2024
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Collection There’s a nobility that usually comes with characters who overcome disabilities, to say nothing of the actors who play them, but one of the dark pleasures of Matchstick Men is that triumph over adversity means being the most effective criminal possible.Scott Tobias, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2024
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Could that kind of discovery make septuagenarian runners reach personal bests?Mattie Kahn, Vogue, 17 Dec. 2024
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Be an observable champion of associates' demonstrations of their personal bests.Chip Bell, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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The outcome is a society in which the poor lack dignity and solidarity because they are caught in a system that pushes them to loathe their own situation rather than seek community assistance.Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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How to think about human dignity Our greatest philosophers and spiritual thinkers have considered this same dilemma over the course of centuries.Aja Romano, Vox, 7 Dec. 2024
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Yet, his courtship of Sunni elites merely created the illusion that Assad’s regime was inclusive.Sefa Secen / Made by History, TIME, 17 Dec. 2024
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In each of those cases, elites were largely responding to, and relying upon, popular protest to both determine and then pursue their governing strategies.Ryan Smith, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Royalty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/royalty. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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