éminence grise

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Recent Examples of éminence grise But none have matched JPMorgan, which, under the leadership of Wall Street’s eminence grise Jamie Dimon, has thrived. Paolo Confino, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2024 Belafonte was 57, an eminence grise in entertainment, and his participation motivated lots of artists who admired him. Rob Tannenbaum, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2024 Federer serving in the Sinatra/Clooney part as the eminence grise. Jason Gay, WSJ, 24 Sep. 2022 That emotionally astute author, the eminence grise, the institutional memory. Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2021 Matthews is an eminence grise of television news, his pugilistic and red-cheeked persona familiar to viewers from countless election nights. BostonGlobe.com, 2 Mar. 2020 In the world of the candle obsessed, Diptyque is the eminence grise. Kathleen Hou, The Cut, 16 Jan. 2018
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Noun
  • By the mid-2010s, Combs was fully reveling in his role as an elder statesman of rap.
    Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Megumi Yuasa At Frieze Masters an eye-catching group of delicate ceramic sculptures by Brazilian Megumi Yuasa, an elder statesman of sculpture who has been pushing the boundaries of ceramic art for six decades, was presented by Ortuzar Projects.
    Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Also helpful is the kind of peer pressure among veterans who lead by example in terms of getting the proper amount of rest and recovery.
    Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • His priorities include veterans’ rights, advocating for small businesses, protecting the border and education, according to his campaign website. AD-64 includes a portion of Los Angeles County and La Habra in Orange County.
    Hanna Kang, Orange County Register, 7 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • In 2013, she was recruited as inaugural dean of the dental school at the University of Utah.
    ByMeredith Wadman, science.org, 4 Nov. 2024
  • In January, as students and faculty continued to protest, an associate dean at the school resigned, accusing the administration of a lack of transparency on the cuts.
    Angelica Villa, ARTnews.com, 24 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Seven deputies are charged with a single felony count of elder or dependent adult abuse: deputies Donall Rowe, Ross Burruel, Robinderpal Hayer, Andre Gaston, Syear Osmani, Mateusz Laszuk and Christopher Haendel.
    Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Four church elders, Kevin Grove, Thomas Miller, Jeremy Carrasco and Gayland Lawshe, were removed after the investigation concluded.
    Jenna Sundel, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024

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“éminence grise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/%C3%A9minence%20grise. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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