haute monde

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Noun
  • The Korean nobility of bygone eras simply had better taste.
    Lori Waxman, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
  • In particular, popes wanted to select the church’s bishops rather than allowing nobility or a king to do so.
    Joëlle Rollo-Koster, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Not to mention the times when actual royalty have attended, like Princess Diana’s sole appearance at the event, in 1996.
    Erika Harwood, Vanity Fair, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Spatola was paid $2,000 but never signed away his rights to songwriting credit or royalties, the lawyer said.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 30 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The Clorox Company, parent company of Burt's Bees, shared the collab in an April 27 news release, adding that the brands are tapping into society’s love for the cucumber creation.
    Saleen Martin, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Yet, the beneficiaries of the conquests were mainly royalty and others at the top of society.
    Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Right-hander Roki Sasaki strengthened his case Saturday with a quality start, despite some hiccups, as the Dodgers fell 3-2 to the Cardinals, extending their losing streak to four games.
    Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2026
  • Pick up Martha Stewart’s go-to glow-boosting makeup hack, the L'Oréal Paris True Match Lumi Glotion, to shine this season, along with the coveted Dyson Airwrap to get salon-quality blowouts at home.
    Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 2 May 2026
Noun
  • An initial request asks King to modify seven pages featuring the Dame Winifred Harcourt character, including an anecdote that parodied Skeffington-Lodge’s fumbled attempt to secure a peerage.
    Charlie Tyson, Harpers Magazine, 21 Apr. 2026
  • In addition to seeking Mandelson’s withdrawal from the House of Lords, Starmer has sought to strip him of his peerage — a somewhat Herculean task that can only be done through an act of parliament.
    Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 3 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The nobles and gentry—the billionaires of Tudor England—made fortunes from the reclaimed monastery lands and created a myth of Henry’s military strength and English pride.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Parker will play Mary Washington, George’s strong willed mother, while Rodgers will play Sally Cary, the charming beauty of the Virginia gentry who first sees his potential.
    Alex Ritman, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But his natural gentility is tough to dress down.
    Naveen Kumar, Variety, 10 Apr. 2026
  • But the glory and gentility that had been the Pontchartrain was gone.
    Rick Bragg, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Link, whose real name is Dylan, helped to create Alex prior to the mass extinction event that sent the world's upper crust into Paradise.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Two leagues that are deeper but don't have that really thick upper crust would be the Big 10 and the SEC.
    Dana Taylor, USA Today, 13 Mar. 2026
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“Haute monde.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/haute%20monde. Accessed 3 May. 2026.

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