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Recent Examples of deb
The viral video showed Martin, dressed in custom blue Valentino, in a moment with another deb, French countess Aliénor Loppin de Montmort.
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Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 18 Dec. 2024
Now every nubile deb has her eye on him, and our poor heroine doesn’t seem to stand a chance.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 16 May 2024
The debutante fashion show is a requirement for the girls to complete the personal development part of the 16-month deb program.
—Jane Napier Neely, latimes.com, 3 June 2019
Richardson delves into a variety of fascinating deb scenes, including African-American traditions dating back to Reconstruction.
—Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 19 Nov. 2019
Doing an outstanding job as commentators for the show were Nareh Derhartounian and Sammy Aydin, who were part of the 2018 deb group.
—Jane Napier Neely, latimes.com, 3 June 2019
Whether a deb plans to wear her dress again at her wedding, or realizes a strapless A-line gown really doesn’t fit her personality, there is definitely some practicality to the white-gown tradition.
—Maggie Burch, Southern Living, 2 Feb. 2017
To help prepare them, the ball’s year-long Mentor Program matches each girl with a past deb who has attended the same college or university and shares an interest in the same profession or avocation.
—Joanne Davidson, The Denver Post, 24 Feb. 2017
Whether a deb plans to wear her dress again at her wedding, or realizes a strapless A-line gown really doesn’t fit her personality, there is definitely some practicality to the white-gown tradition.
—Maggie Burch, Southern Living, 1 May 2017
Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 18 Dec. 2024
Now every nubile deb has her eye on him, and our poor heroine doesn’t seem to stand a chance.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 16 May 2024
The debutante fashion show is a requirement for the girls to complete the personal development part of the 16-month deb program.
—Jane Napier Neely, latimes.com, 3 June 2019
Richardson delves into a variety of fascinating deb scenes, including African-American traditions dating back to Reconstruction.
—Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 19 Nov. 2019
Doing an outstanding job as commentators for the show were Nareh Derhartounian and Sammy Aydin, who were part of the 2018 deb group.
—Jane Napier Neely, latimes.com, 3 June 2019
Whether a deb plans to wear her dress again at her wedding, or realizes a strapless A-line gown really doesn’t fit her personality, there is definitely some practicality to the white-gown tradition.
—Maggie Burch, Southern Living, 2 Feb. 2017
To help prepare them, the ball’s year-long Mentor Program matches each girl with a past deb who has attended the same college or university and shares an interest in the same profession or avocation.
—Joanne Davidson, The Denver Post, 24 Feb. 2017
Whether a deb plans to wear her dress again at her wedding, or realizes a strapless A-line gown really doesn’t fit her personality, there is definitely some practicality to the white-gown tradition.
—Maggie Burch, Southern Living, 1 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deb
Noun
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The music begins and 160 debutantes and their escorts in four rows stroll in a slow graceful procession.—
Anthony DeMarco,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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The other debutante, for her part, laughed off the moment.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
2 Dec. 2024
Noun
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While Grande embraced the wide-eyed ingenue archetype during the Wicked press tour, her references to Hepburn have become much more overt.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
7 Jan. 2025
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In director Jamie Lloyd’s electric and minimalist Broadway update of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 1990s musical based on a ‘50s movie, the former Pussycat Doll nails the comedy of a camp diva — inhabiting former ingenue Norma’s delusion and ego without ever losing sight of her sincerity.—
EW Staff,
EW.com,
11 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Kirby Smith and Cassie Selden, a spirited demoiselle from Lynchburg, Virginia, married in 1861.—
Cynthia Greenlee,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 Jan. 2023
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While sauntering through the presentation, which felt more like a spring picnic than fashion show (guests sipped on glasses of rosé and plucked strawberries from overflowing trays), one particularly striking demoiselle caught the eye.—
Jenna Rennert,
Vogue,
11 Sep. 2018
Noun
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But with nine goals and two assists in his first 27 Premier League appearances, in a team that has spent the entire season toiling near the foot of the table, Strand Larsen can already be quietly satisfied with his maiden campaign in a new league.—
Steve Madeley,
The Athletic,
17 Mar. 2025
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No one knows exactly who made them, or how to definitively interpret their narrative, but there’s something instantly striking about the iconography: a white unicorn is pursued, retaliates, is lured by a maiden, and then is caught, encircled by a fence, and chained to a tree trunk.—
Amanda Petrusich,
The New Yorker,
17 Mar. 2025
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