seraglio

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Recent Examples of seraglio Despite Miller’s visual panache — when’s the last time a seraglio was depicted on the big screen? — these anecdotes are ultimately as unsatisfying as Campion’s Dog. Armond White, National Review, 7 Sep. 2022 The film, which was to be called In the Sultan’s Power, involved a dashing American traveler who rescues a young Frenchwoman from the seraglio of a diabolical Turkish nobleman. Longreads, 15 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seraglio
Noun
  • Of course, Grant got to know plenty of women before narrowing his harem down to 18.
    Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 28 Jan. 2025
  • For the pupping season, which lasts from about December to April, the males are fasting from both food and water in order to devote all their energy to defend their harem.
    Adrian Rodriguez, The Mercury News, 3 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • In June, Sacks, previously a Trump critic, hosted a fundraiser at his Pacific Heights mansion that raised $12 million for the Republican leader’s presidential campaign.
    MacKenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 5 Feb. 2025
  • News that Lopez and Affleck were selling their marital mansion broke last June, months after speculation began that they were headed for divorce.
    Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 1 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The villa began life in 1928 as the Los Angeles Times Demonstration Home—a flagship of an élite new development, the Miramar Estates.
    Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2025
  • The Houston native’s time in the villa looks to have earned Page an impressive social media following of over 4.4 million fans across Instagram and TikTok alone.
    Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Meanwhile her brother Jaden Smith arrived at the 2025 Grammy Awards while wearing a Louis Vuitton tuxedo and a castle as a bonnet.
    Marissa Muller, WWD, 2 Feb. 2025
  • Workers began building Sforza in 1358, but the castle was destroyed during a period of political unrest about a century later.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Jan. 2025

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“Seraglio.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seraglio. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.

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