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as in aristocracy
the highest class in a society
poor tenant farmers working for landed gentry
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as in class
one of the segments of society into which people are grouped
the old-line yachting gentry frowns on vulgar displays of wealth
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Recent Examples of gentry
The Shondaland series — in a departure from the Julia Quinn book series it's based on — presented a revisionist history in which Queen Charlotte's Black ancestry made way for beautiful, brooding BIPOC landed gentry like Regé-Jean Page's Duke Simon Basset.
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Alanna Bennett, refinery29.com, 24 June 2024
With party gentry seemingly oblivious to the problem, a constellation of local and state Democrats is seeking to rebuild the rural grass-roots Democratic Party.
—Jeff Bloodworth, Washington Post, 26 June 2024
Black Lives Matter, a Marxist organization embraced by gentry liberals (and, extraordinarily, by their churches), says the traditional family is a racist institution.
—Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 9 Jan. 2024
One is that high turnout now probably helps Republicans and hurts Democrats, whose gentry liberals vote no matter what.
—Michael Barone, Orange County Register, 14 Feb. 2024
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Alanna Bennett, refinery29.com, 24 June 2024
With party gentry seemingly oblivious to the problem, a constellation of local and state Democrats is seeking to rebuild the rural grass-roots Democratic Party.
—Jeff Bloodworth, Washington Post, 26 June 2024
Black Lives Matter, a Marxist organization embraced by gentry liberals (and, extraordinarily, by their churches), says the traditional family is a racist institution.
—Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 9 Jan. 2024
One is that high turnout now probably helps Republicans and hurts Democrats, whose gentry liberals vote no matter what.
—Michael Barone, Orange County Register, 14 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gentry
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The fabric, once a symbol of elite aristocracy, was found in a lead coffin, along with other exceptional artifacts.—
Stories by Real-Time news team, with AI summarization,
Miami Herald,
14 Feb. 2025
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The town has been a magnet for European aristocracy and the international jet-set since the 1950s.—
Miles Socha,
WWD,
7 Jan. 2025
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Asians made up 7% of the population yet made up 19% of Harvard’s class.—
Gary Franks,
Hartford Courant,
1 Mar. 2025
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With a Relative Athletic Score of 9.81, Ferguson put himself up there as one of the athletes in this class at tight end.—
Steve Bradshaw,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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Heston’s square-jawed nobility was rarely better exploited — not even a cameo from Jesus near the end can overshadow his magisterial heroism. 42.—
Will Leitch,
Vulture,
3 Mar. 2025
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From ancient civilizations and medieval nobility to modern investors, gold has remained one of the most high-demand assets in human history.—
Nathan Mahr,
Sacramento Bee,
26 Feb. 2025
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The caste system that Buddha warned of undergirds the luxury lodging industry.—
Alex Abad-Santos,
Vox,
17 Feb. 2025
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Hell-bent on seeking justice for his peers and haunted by his wife’s death, Darrow will sacrifice everything to infiltrate the Gold caste, competing for his life to bring down his enemies.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2025
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Businesses aren’t hiring as much, folks aren’t eager to quit, and those without jobs are staying on the sidelines for longer.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN,
7 Mar. 2025
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At its best, Seventies prog aspired to develop a universal musical language that drew equally from classical and the blues, folk and jazz, psychedelia and Eastern mysticism.—
Ernesto Lechner,
Rolling Stone,
6 Mar. 2025
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The threshold for a positive THC level rose from 150 ng/ml to 350, a 300 percent increase from the 50 ng/ml amount pre-2020.—
Jayna Bardahl,
The Athletic,
7 Mar. 2025
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This cylinder was then placed inside the barrel, which rotates around it until it is toasted to a level three out of four.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
7 Mar. 2025
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This innovative technique is becoming a hallmark of the Rhône Valley estate, where music and wine are blended in harmony.—
Rachel King,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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One of them is the location of his trove of missing tapes, which some believe detail how his $1 million estate, the Fox Hollow Farm, became his personal killing field.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
Fox News,
1 Mar. 2025
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“Gentry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gentry. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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