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as in prince
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as in champion
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Recent Examples of knight
Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025
Put another way, if Nippon Steel’s purchase is blocked there’s little evidence that another white American knight awaits to do for U.S. Steel what Nippon intends to.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
Other notable names given honors this iteration include Gareth Southgate, former manager of England’s national football team, and London mayor Sadiq Khan, who were both knighted in the New Year Honors.
—Rachel Burchfield, People.com, 31 Dec. 2024
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Noun
Brienne of Tarth The most honorable knight in Westeros doesn't have a bad bone in her body.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025
Put another way, if Nippon Steel’s purchase is blocked there’s little evidence that another white American knight awaits to do for U.S. Steel what Nippon intends to.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
He’d previously been knighted, and, separately, appointed for life to the Order of Merit, an élite cultural coterie of twenty-four, chosen by the reigning monarch.
—Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
Other notable names given honors this iteration include Gareth Southgate, former manager of England’s national football team, and London mayor Sadiq Khan, who were both knighted in the New Year Honors.
—Rachel Burchfield, People.com, 31 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for knight
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Led by the crown prince, the Saudi Public Investment Fund reportedly invested $2 billion in Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner's private equity firm after Mr. Trump left the White House in 2021.—
Kathryn Watson,
CBS News,
19 Feb. 2025
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The crown prince lives in exile until this day, unable to return to his home country of Iran.—
Rachel Wolf,
Fox News,
19 Feb. 2025
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Alex Walsh was a champion in the 200 IM, 400 IM, 200 breast, 200 free relay, 400 medley relay and 400 free relay.—
Casey Murphy,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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Seattle's sports scene offers a professional football team, an NHL franchise, a major league baseball team (which ended its 21-year playoff drought recently), and the four-time WNBA champions, the Seattle Storm.—
Melissa Santos,
Axios,
28 Feb. 2025
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His wife commissioned Briscoe to build No. 14 Courtland Place in 1920, after his death.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
20 Feb. 2025
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The streaming giant has commissioned eight episodes of the series.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
20 Feb. 2025
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Hezbollah still retains much of its arsenal of light arms, more than 10,000 full-time fighters, and many more reservists.—
Hanin Ghaddar,
Foreign Affairs,
4 Feb. 2025
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Born and raised in Ewa Beach, Hawaii, Brittney grew up in a military family — her parents are Army reservists and her grandfather, a Filipino immigrant, earned his U.S. citizenship through service in the Navy.—
Mike Winters,Tasia Jensen,
CNBC,
19 Dec. 2024
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Nvidia, which has become one of the market’s most influential stocks, rose 3.9% after its 8.5% tumble Thursday and was the strongest force lifting the S&P 500.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Feb. 2025
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The Tampa Bay Young shared the invitation on social media Thursday as the two brothers arrived in Florida after Romanian prosecutors lifted a two-year travel ban.—
Ewan Palmer,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
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Sadly, the Ferrari’s promising racing career came to a screeching halt when French gendarmes seized the car at the Paris Orly airport parking lot—something about a dispute between Monsieur Fayen and the French tax authorities.—
Howard Walker,
Robb Report,
23 Dec. 2024
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The mud-slinging scene occurred as thousands more Spanish soldiers, national police officers, and Civil Guard gendarmes arrived, or are set to arrive, at the disaster sites.—
Joseph Wilson,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Nov. 2024
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Founded in 1996, ZERO Prostate Cancer has been dedicated to improving and saving lives affected by prostate cancer through advocacy, education, awareness and support.—
Caché McClay,
USA TODAY,
20 Feb. 2025
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Overall, 29 aircraft models had a drop in mission capability rates, whereas only 26 improved.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
19 Feb. 2025
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Going to celebrate the Passover, Jesus chose to enter the city on the back of a colt, in stark contrast to the warhorses and chariots of Roman armies.—
Lynne Silva-Breen,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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The composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, that warhorse of English traditionalism, is mentioned six times, and his plangent music—invoking a lost, idyllic England; a greener, more pleasant land—could easily be the novel’s soundtrack.—
Charles McGrath,
The Atlantic,
8 Oct. 2024
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“Knight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knight. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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