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Newsom, for all his highfalutin rhetoric about championing all Californians, just can’t quit the gentry and the insiders who have made his career.
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Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
The generals and the officer corps all belonged to the high aristocracy or the gentry and owed their status to the monarchy.
—Jonathan Steinberg, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2011
After running away, Heathcliff rises up through the ranks of the gentry and exacts revenge on the families — the Earnshaws and the Lintons — who kept him from his true love.
—Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 July 2024
Icon status Back in 1837, a craftsman named Thierry Hermès opened a shop to sell saddles, harnesses, and equestrian wares to the gentry of France.
—thehustle.co, 10 May 2024
The open secret of workers’ relationship with the gentry, in Eliot, is that their labor makes its gentility possible.
—Emily Harnett, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
Leading that revolt is young revolutionist Luigi (Vincenzo Crea), while much older Silvestro (Luca Lionello) hopes to change things from within, by running for a public office usually held by the gentry.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 2 June 2023
Some of the gentry might prosper and over the decades expand their presence to additional households, while others might go penniless and turn over their properties to those still or newly rich.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 9 Aug. 2022
The city boomed, but voters forgot the bad old days, and the combination of public unions and the gentry left took charge of the political debate.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 18 June 2021
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Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
The generals and the officer corps all belonged to the high aristocracy or the gentry and owed their status to the monarchy.
—Jonathan Steinberg, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2011
After running away, Heathcliff rises up through the ranks of the gentry and exacts revenge on the families — the Earnshaws and the Lintons — who kept him from his true love.
—Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 July 2024
Icon status Back in 1837, a craftsman named Thierry Hermès opened a shop to sell saddles, harnesses, and equestrian wares to the gentry of France.
—thehustle.co, 10 May 2024
The open secret of workers’ relationship with the gentry, in Eliot, is that their labor makes its gentility possible.
—Emily Harnett, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
Leading that revolt is young revolutionist Luigi (Vincenzo Crea), while much older Silvestro (Luca Lionello) hopes to change things from within, by running for a public office usually held by the gentry.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 2 June 2023
Some of the gentry might prosper and over the decades expand their presence to additional households, while others might go penniless and turn over their properties to those still or newly rich.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 9 Aug. 2022
The city boomed, but voters forgot the bad old days, and the combination of public unions and the gentry left took charge of the political debate.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 18 June 2021
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“The gentry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20gentry. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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