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Noun
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Each year, noteworthy families flock to the famed Hotel Shangri-La in Paris for a formal celebration of the debutantes, who traditionally work with designers to dream up bespoke haute couture gowns.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
4 Dec. 2025 -
Even at some of the dressiest Mardi Gras balls in the city, you’re guaranteed to find debutantes and knights alike gathered around a table full of Foosackly’s.—
Mary Shannon Wells,
Southern Living,
23 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Our best ingenues would queue to star as Dora and Nora.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
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So, for the next few months, award show contenders, winners, and Hollywood ingenues will have the spotlight on them.—
Katherine Singh,
Refinery29,
12 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Many fans thought the original covers of Pratchett’s novels went too heavy on busty maidens and strapping men with big swords, undermining their literary merit, and a similar problem has beset the various screen adaptations from Sky and the BBC.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
24 May 2026
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This British production from Hammer Films and director Roy Ward Baker showcases moon maidens, old-fashioned lunar shootouts, buggy chases, and an ex-astronaut turned mercenary salvager trying to snag a 6000-pound sapphire asteroid from orbit for a billionaire industrialist.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
30 Mar. 2026
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