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Recent Examples of gent
Sure, a leading Hollywood gent can never go wrong in a classic suit, but what does Eydelshteyn’s personal style look like off-duty?
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Christian Allaire, Vogue, 24 Feb. 2025
The owner of the place, a stocky elder gent who reminded me of the environmentalist Yvon Chouinard, lived in an old stone house on the property.
—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2025
Traitors' Alan Cumming, The Challenge's T.J. Lavin and Deal or No Deal Island's Joe Manganiello were the other gents in the hard-fought category.
—Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 5 Mar. 2025
Kripke, who created Supernatural and worked with this trio of gents as that series' original showrunner, long talked about getting Padalecki on The Boys.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 26 Feb. 2025
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Christian Allaire, Vogue, 24 Feb. 2025
The owner of the place, a stocky elder gent who reminded me of the environmentalist Yvon Chouinard, lived in an old stone house on the property.
—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2025
Traitors' Alan Cumming, The Challenge's T.J. Lavin and Deal or No Deal Island's Joe Manganiello were the other gents in the hard-fought category.
—Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 5 Mar. 2025
Kripke, who created Supernatural and worked with this trio of gents as that series' original showrunner, long talked about getting Padalecki on The Boys.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 26 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gent
Noun
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The flip side My elderly mother and I were stunned and pleasantly surprised yesterday when a gentleman at the pick-up window at Beefy King sent in money to pay for our lunch!—
Ticked Off,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 Apr. 2025
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Another gentleman coming down the beach, Crane Cantrell, jumped in.—
John W. Dean,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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One said a young male on the tracks appeared agitated as an older male approached and followed him while speaking on the phone.—
Jo Ciavaglia,
USA Today,
13 Apr. 2025
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Her only loss was against males, losing by a head setback to Fierceness in the $1.25 million Grade I Travers Stakes on Aug. 24 at Saratoga.—
Bob Wisener,
Arkansas Online,
12 Apr. 2025
Noun
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But the science between the little guys and the big guys is the same.—
Allure,
Allure,
14 Apr. 2025
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In many ways, Trout’s jaunt into the stands was more reminiscent of Jurickson Profar of the Padres jumping into the left field pavilion in Game 2 of last season’s National League Division series against the Dodgers to rob a home run from that guy again, Mookie Betts.—
Dan Freedman,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
Noun
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His size doesn’t exactly blow you out of the water — not exactly the biggest dude at 6-foot-3 and 250 pounds — but the natural talent is special.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
14 Apr. 2025
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That includes the dude competing with one arm and the other dude who when not falling repeatedly off a balance beam into the ocean was losing his grip 15 seconds into a challenge.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Gent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gent. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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