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Recent Examples of silk-stocking
Adjective
The space, built as the Seventh Regiment Armory in 1861, once housed a National Guard troupe known as the silk-stocking unit, whose members came from some of the city’s most influential families (think Vanderbilts and Roosevelts). Barbara Schuler, Travel + Leisure, 1 Sep. 2023
Noun
Related Articles Anthony Vaccarello told WWD that the brand’s totally translucent silk stocking extravaganza for fall 2024 was inspired by ideals of fragility, something that surely strikes home for both musicians. Violet Goldstone, WWD, 25 Sep. 2024 Tweed waistcoats, felt hats, and silk stockings abound. Bob Sorokanich, Robb Report, 17 Sep. 2023 The garments hearken to past centuries when the lines between gender were not so fixed, when men wore ruffles and silk stockings and everyone wore wigs and powdered their hair. Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2019 Early sales mostly cut into the market for cheaper rayon and cotton stockings, however, giving silk stocking makers time to make the transition. Virginia Postrel, Twin Cities, 1 Nov. 2019 In the 1920s, skirts rose to knee-length, and flappers rolled their silk stockings down to below the knee to flash a bit of skin. Julie Washington, cleveland.com, 17 Sep. 2019 Some women painted their legs to look like silk stockings. Washington Post, 22 Aug. 2019 Your little devil, Love, Frank RALPH: Feb. 8, 1942 Dear John, Why are the Japs like their silk stockings? Jessica Stahl, Washington Post, 3 Jan. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for silk-stocking
Adjective
  • That puts it reassuringly outside the capability of even a wealthy tech bro, who wouldn’t have the money or the diplomatic alliances required, as Cynthia Scharf, senior fellow at the International Center for Future Generations, told me.
    Lara Williams, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
  • The opposing views underscored the challenge at the heart of the climate negotiations: while nations are urged to shift to green energy sources, many, including wealthy Western nations, continue to rely on fossil fuels.
    Reuters, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • The mood was one of happy improvisation, a sort of aristocratic Fawlty Towers art-directed by Slim Aarons.
    Nick Foulkes, theweek, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Hotel Esencia | Originally the private home of an Italian Duchess located 45-minutes north of Tulum, Esencia maintains its aristocratic character in the hands of owner Kevin Wendle.
    Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • So there is a never-ending dialogue between the haves and don’t-want-to-haves, who each claim a piece of the art.
    David Aldridge, The Athletic, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Ultimately, the perennial haves and have-nots will always be a factor too.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • That’s when people, mostly rich ones, call The Gifterie, a bespoke gifting concierge that helps clients choose the perfect gift for the most affluent, famous, and picky people in the world.
    Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 18 Nov. 2024
  • For a country three times the size of Texas, rich with culture, art and nature, the figure is a perfect encapsulation of the problem with overtourism: people descending on one or two main points while dozens of splendid places remain largely under the radar.
    Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • In the Price family, going to prison was seen as a badge of honor, or a rite of passage; but the reality of it doesn’t feel half as noble as the idea.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
  • No matter how well-intentioned a policy goal or noble a humanitarian cause, there are always tradeoffs to weigh before deciding on a course of action.
    Dan Ikenson, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • And this kind of tension has been with the symbolic capitalists from the beginning.
    Sean Illing, Vox, 9 Nov. 2024
  • The race divided Silicon Valley: venture capitalist Vinod Khosla and LinkedIn’s Reid Hoffman backed Harris, investor David Sacks and Tesla founder and X social media owner Elon Musk backed Trump.
    Julia Prodis Sulek, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Can the party of the universities, the affluent suburbs and the hipster urban cores do this?
    David Brooks, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
  • Since then, the county’s partisan shift has made national news, with the state’s most affluent big county swinging almost entirely to support Democrats, from presidential candidates on down.
    Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • That puts companies with deep pockets at an advantage.
    Samantha Subin, CNBC, 2 Nov. 2024
  • On the other hand, Harris has continued to attract backers with deep pockets.
    Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2024

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