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Recent Examples of bluestocking
But Peck is already aware of Imogen's penchant for pandemonium, resisting the task of baby-sitting a bluestocking.
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Ew Staff, EW.com, 10 May 2023
The parents—a dapper young fogy with ramrod posture and a soulful, slightly rumpled bluestocking—stand behind two tidy little girls in matching sailor suits.
—Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
But the most charming of all are West's distinctive set of sisters — a hopeless romantic, a bluestocking, a fashion maven, a tomboy, and a perfect lady.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 17 Nov. 2022
One of them was the famous 18th-century bluestocking Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, wife of Edward Montagu, a British ambassador.
—David Pryce-Jones, WSJ, 19 Aug. 2022
His polar opposite, meanwhile, was the pair of bluestockings to his left.
—Nicholas M. Gallagher, National Review, 21 Mar. 2020
Astrid hews to ideas that earn her the label of bluestocking, but Howard makes those qualities utterly desirable in Thane’s eyes.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 3 Dec. 2019
Ew Staff, EW.com, 10 May 2023
The parents—a dapper young fogy with ramrod posture and a soulful, slightly rumpled bluestocking—stand behind two tidy little girls in matching sailor suits.
—Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
But the most charming of all are West's distinctive set of sisters — a hopeless romantic, a bluestocking, a fashion maven, a tomboy, and a perfect lady.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 17 Nov. 2022
One of them was the famous 18th-century bluestocking Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, wife of Edward Montagu, a British ambassador.
—David Pryce-Jones, WSJ, 19 Aug. 2022
His polar opposite, meanwhile, was the pair of bluestockings to his left.
—Nicholas M. Gallagher, National Review, 21 Mar. 2020
Astrid hews to ideas that earn her the label of bluestocking, but Howard makes those qualities utterly desirable in Thane’s eyes.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 3 Dec. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bluestocking
Noun
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But the need to build remained a niche obsession until the Biden Administration, when some of the same intellectuals noticed that efforts to construct a green-energy infrastructure were foundering on the same opposition.—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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Born in Poland in 1920, Karol Józef Wojtyła attended clandestine seminaries and frequented groups of intellectuals who met in secret to discuss ways of undermining Communism from within.—
Yvonnick Denoël,
airmail.news,
1 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Deadline asks the Festival chief whether Series Mania is focused on the highbrow of the drama spectrum.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
6 Mar. 2025
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Wagner would be a sleepless highbrow’s favorite; the long, lush, unbroken lines of music share with the white-noise hum of the air-conditioner or the thrum of the painstaking lecture the quality of being absorbing without offering undue eventfulness.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The boys in blue enter the 2025 season with confidence after making their first playoff appearance in a decade last fall.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
25 Mar. 2025
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The projector has a four-channel light source: red, green, and two blues.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
24 Mar. 2025
Noun
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All of these tech nerd billionaires who don't want to pay anybody.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA TODAY,
21 Mar. 2025
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Support local nerds at the GeekCraft Expo at the Minneapolis Convention Center Saturday and Sunday.—
Audrey Kennedy,
Axios,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Redford heads a team of eccentric misfits that includes a former CIA Agent (Sidney Poitier), a conspiracy theorist (Dan Aykroyd), an awkward geek (River Phoenix), and a blind man (David Strathairn) who get in over their heads when tasked with finding a device capable of breaking any code.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 2025
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The 135-room hotel, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is definitely for the AV geeks.—
Maya Kachroo-Levine,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Mar. 2025
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“Bluestocking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bluestocking. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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