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Recent Examples of knight
Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 28 June 2025
When the prince falls from a great height, his knight rescues him on horseback.
—Jenny Gold, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2025
Jake Kanter, Deadline, 13 June 2025
Fry recently become Sir Stephen Fry, having been knighted in the 2024 New Year’s Honors list.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 10 Apr. 2025
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Noun
The controversial books include one in which the handsome prince falls in love not with a princess, but with the knight who helps him defeat a dragon.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 28 June 2025
When the prince falls from a great height, his knight rescues him on horseback.
—Jenny Gold, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2025
Verb
Also knighted was Rufus Norris, the outgoing director of the National Theatre, for his services to stage.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 13 June 2025
Fry recently become Sir Stephen Fry, having been knighted in the 2024 New Year’s Honors list.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 10 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for knight
Noun
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All retained their titles of prince and princess, but these titles will become personal and any future spouses or children will not have a right to them.—
Alex Apatoff,
People.com,
15 July 2025
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Bailey is Fiyero, a prince and popular student at Shiz University, while Goldblum plays the iconic Wizard.—
Daysia Tolentino,
EW.com,
13 July 2025
Noun
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The mom of two champions equal pay and gender equality in sports, as well as educational opportunities for youth around the world.—
Parents Editors,
Parents,
22 July 2025
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The defending champions dominated the Fever 98-77 on July 16.—
Aaron Tolentino,
New York Times,
22 July 2025
Verb
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The house was commissioned by newlyweds Stanley and Mildred Rosenbaum, who moved there in 1939 and immediately ran into a leaky roof and failing in-floor heating.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
14 July 2025
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The second season was commissioned for the BBC by Lindsay Salt, Director of BBC Drama, and Fiona Campbell, Controller Youth Audience, BBC Three and BBC iPlayer.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
14 July 2025
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More than 22,000 reservists are due to be mobilized and the exercise is scheduled to run concurrently with island-wide civil defense drills.—
John Feng,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 July 2025
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As China ramps up military and other pressure, Taiwan has also extended compulsory military service to one year from four months, doubled mandatory annual refresher training for reservists to two weeks, and pledged to increase its defense budget to more than 3% of its gross domestic product.—
Janis Mackey Frayer,
NBC news,
30 May 2025
Verb
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Detroit Thermal is asking a judge to lift a temporary restraining order from doing work in Lafayette Park's Mies van der Rohe district to build an underground steam heat network.—
Dana Afana,
Freep.com,
23 July 2025
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And Boatright delivered another electric ending for the Stars of Storrs, hitting the three to lift the team built around UConn alums to a 78-76 victory over the Green Mountain Men, mostly Vermont alums, in the second round of The Basketball Tournament (TBT) in Syracuse on Monday night.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
22 July 2025
Noun
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French gendarmes have been busy policing crypto crimes, but these aren't the usual financial schemes, cons, and HODL!—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
7 May 2025
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The defense also raised concerns about witness tampering, after private communications appeared to show Vatican gendarmes and prosecutors working to pressure a key witness.—
Dan Cody,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
Verb
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The ban aims to improve academic achievement, reduce cyberbullying, and minimize classroom disruptions.—
Ruby Grisin,
The Courier-Journal,
26 July 2025
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The company reports that one client achieved 15–25% savings on total drug spend by applying insights surfaced through their analytics engine — improving formulary alignment, optimizing channel routing, and managing drug mix more actively, all without switching PBMs or disrupting member care.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
25 July 2025
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Broadway theaters subsist on stunt-cast revivals of old warhorses; book publishers rely disproportionately on backlist sales.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
5 May 2025
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Considering its financial predicament and wealth of center backs, Barca could be tempted to sell the South American warhorse if a European rival tables his asking price.—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2025
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“Knight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knight. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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