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as in nobility
the highest class in a society
at one time in China only the aristocracy could own land
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as in elite
individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class
membership in the society is reserved for the literary world's aristocracy
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Recent Examples of aristocracy
But Collins, now the head of special collections and archives at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, noticed that the text was written in Old French, the language used by aristocracy and England’s royal court after the Norman Conquest in 1066.
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Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 9 May 2025
A little biographical information: He was born in 1896 into the decaying Bourbon aristocracy.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 7 Apr. 2025
Republican purists wanted a simple, technical training school that kept the costs low and, more importantly, kept the officer corps from evolving into an aristocracy.
—Ryan Shaw / Made By History, TIME, 24 Feb. 2025
According to Back, this intellectual aristocracy persisted until the dilution of Bloomsbury by new members from outside the family lineage.
—Jenny Noyce, JSTOR Daily, 14 May 2025
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Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 9 May 2025
A little biographical information: He was born in 1896 into the decaying Bourbon aristocracy.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 7 Apr. 2025
Republican purists wanted a simple, technical training school that kept the costs low and, more importantly, kept the officer corps from evolving into an aristocracy.
—Ryan Shaw / Made By History, TIME, 24 Feb. 2025
According to Back, this intellectual aristocracy persisted until the dilution of Bloomsbury by new members from outside the family lineage.
—Jenny Noyce, JSTOR Daily, 14 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for aristocracy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aristocracy
Noun
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Did Gilded Age millionaires really marry their daughters to British nobility in exchange for funding their estates?—
Alexis Nedd,
IndieWire,
2 July 2025
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Despite her connection by blood to illustrious Roman nobility, Agrippina would disappear almost as swiftly as she was named.—
Diana Arterian
June 16,
Literary Hub,
16 June 2025
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Anita de Monte Laughs Last is a propulsive examination of power, love, and art, daring to ask who gets to be remembered and who is left behind in the rarefied world of the elite.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
14 July 2025
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One America, with coastal elites in places like New York City and Los Angeles, who continue to steamroll towards full-on Marxism, and another with ordinary, hard-working Americans across the country, like here in the great state of Alaska, who don’t embrace this extremism.—
Mike Dunleavy,
New York Daily News,
14 July 2025
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Public Health and Race in Los Angeles, 1879-1939, Natalia Molina systematically breaks down how, more than a century ago, the Chinese, Japanese, and Mexican communities of Los Angeles were portrayed as health threats to the white gentry.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 June 2025
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This differed from Europe, where land ownership was immobilized by gentry classes who housed and employed farmers.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
15 June 2025
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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers franchise quarterback is coming off the best year of his career, which began with a life-changing contract, continued with the birth of his first daughter and wrapped with personal bests of a 10-7 record, 4,500 passing yards and 41 touchdowns.—
Jeff Howe,
New York Times,
25 July 2025
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And with career bests, turning in 55 receptions for 800 yards and a handful of scores in 2021.—
Oliver Thomas,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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Still, with the rise of populist and ultra-conservative politicians utilizing nationalistic rhetoric, theocracy is becoming a greater concern for secular societies.—
Emi Eleode,
Time,
14 July 2025
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These were not radical goals: why wouldn’t a healthier society benefit everyone?—
Deborah Williams
July 14,
Literary Hub,
14 July 2025
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After Whitney Houston died in 2012, an estate tax dispute arose with the IRS over the value of her entertainment royalties, residual income, and other assets.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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Busta Rhymes then posed for photos alongside LL COOL J, radio royalty Big Boy, Chuck D and Big Daddy Kane.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
1 Aug. 2025
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If the high court elects to take up the case, the justices would be tasked with asking if such bans on adults ages 18 through 20 from purchasing firearms are legal.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
8 June 2025
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Members of Iranian paramilitary women forces (Basij) wear masks of Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US elect Donald Trump with a red cross of it, during an anti-Israeli rally to show their solidarity with the Palestinian and Lebanese people, in Tehran, January 10, 2025.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 June 2025
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Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Francis joined the Catholic priesthood at 18 and rose up the ranks of the Argentine clergy.—
Emiliano Tahui Gómez,
Austin American Statesman,
15 July 2025
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Back in the 1980s, Nicanor Palacios was an altar boy with Leo during his early priesthood in nearby Piura, and traveled the area with him for services.—
Caitlin Stephen Hu,
CNN Money,
12 May 2025
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“Aristocracy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aristocracy. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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