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knight

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Noun
But King Arthur needs a knight, and there isn’t one in the room. Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026 His trajectory is one of softening, from the swaggering knight of the opening to the irrepressible lover of the second act to his final physical debility. Justin Davidson, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2026
Verb
Fry, who was recently knighted for services to the environment, mental health awareness and charity, serves as vice-president of conservation charity Fauna & Flora International. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 June 2025 The Oscar-winning Darkest Hour and Slow Horses actor has been knighted by King Charles III in the monarch’s birthday honors. Jake Kanter, Deadline, 13 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for knight
Recent Examples of Synonyms for knight
Noun
  • The league is primarily funded by PIF, the sovereign wealth fund chaired by Mohammed bin Salman – the crown prince of Saudi Arabia and the man who a US intelligence report named as responsible for approving the operation that led to the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
    Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2026
  • When Charles came in 1985, as a prince, the Post ran a hundred-and-sixteen-page supplement from the British Tourist Authority.
    Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Briggs Corona, a junior outside hitter committed to Ball State, added 14 kills for two-time defending state champion Marist (17-4).
    Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The Panthers will take the field for OTAs next month as the reigning NFC South champions.
    Joseph Person, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • An Ohio sculptor by the name of Alan Cottrill was commissioned for the project in August 2024, the month following the first assassination attempt on the president that took place in Pennsylvania.
    Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The project, commissioned by Federal Company for Radioactive Waste Disposal (BGE), aims to safely recover roughly 126,000 barrels buried deep underground.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 29 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Monday, a Marine Corps reservist, ran over, snatched the flag with his right hand, sprinted away and handed it to Dodgers pitcher Doug Rau in the dugout.
    Michael Huntley, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026
  • In February, an Israeli army reservist and civilian were charged in Israel in connection with using classified information to place bets on Polymarket.
    Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The Benedictine recruit came up with nine huge saves for the shutout to lift visiting Sandburg to a 1-0 SouthWest Suburban Conference win over district rival Andrew in Tinley Park.
    Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The productivity boom, in this reading, isn’t lifting all boats.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Enter Orsolya, who shows up at the door with some gendarmes and an official eviction notice and gives Ion twenty minutes to quit the premises.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Additionally, Leo has named a former Swiss Guard lieutenant, Anton Kappler, to serve as a second administrative aide in his office, alongside the former gendarme Piergiorgio Zanetti.
    Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Parker now has several options to improve an area that hasn’t been a strength in Dallas for a while.
    Jon Machota, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
  • In good economic times, that’s hundreds of millions of dollars each year for upgrading classrooms, boosting teacher pay, improving security, and enriching learning in our schools.
    Kevin Vick, Denver Post, 26 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • This is a warhorse expected to pull a buggy around a cottage.
    Jesus R. Garcia, Houston Chronicle, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Osgood Perkins’ Keeper wants to add a few wrinkles to this old warhorse’s mix.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Nov. 2025

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“Knight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knight. Accessed 2 May. 2026.

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