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Recent Examples of ladyship
Which brings us, finally, to Lady M. delightfully encapsulated by Sondra Radvanovsky, who vocally embraces all her ladyship’s contradictions.
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Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 19 Sep. 2021
Her ladyship directed Richard and Henry to report on one another’s health in every letter home.
—Julie Flavell, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Aug. 2021
For almost a century, the Vogue treatment has been a perk of the first ladyship.
—BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2021
Your ladyship The number of women India’s 25 high courts is rankling.
—Manavi Kapur, Quartz India, 7 Nov. 2019
Streep’s chastising of Trump in her acceptance speech at the Golden Globes was derided as a sniffy display of royal hauteur, as if her ladyship had gotten her blue sash in a twist.
—James Wolcott, The Hive, 19 June 2017
Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 19 Sep. 2021
Her ladyship directed Richard and Henry to report on one another’s health in every letter home.
—Julie Flavell, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Aug. 2021
For almost a century, the Vogue treatment has been a perk of the first ladyship.
—BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2021
Your ladyship The number of women India’s 25 high courts is rankling.
—Manavi Kapur, Quartz India, 7 Nov. 2019
Streep’s chastising of Trump in her acceptance speech at the Golden Globes was derided as a sniffy display of royal hauteur, as if her ladyship had gotten her blue sash in a twist.
—James Wolcott, The Hive, 19 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ladyship
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Last summer, a local housekeeper inherited a few million dollars and some cats from her French madam, who shot herself on her Samui property.—
Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz,
Vulture,
4 Mar. 2025
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Throw in Morton, who has made amiable viciousness into a trademark of this phase of his career, and Catherine Tate as a Dutch brothel madam with a PhD, and Going Dutch has the sort of ensemble already in place for long-term laughs.—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
2 Jan. 2025
Noun
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After long being recognized as a mistress, the now 77-year-old was eager to enjoy a quieter life without the scrutiny.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
Fox News,
22 Mar. 2025
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Rapture By Susan Minot See Now Then, by Jamaica Kincaid Kincaid’s novel introduces readers to Mr. and Mrs. Sweet and their two children, Heracles (like the son of Zeus and his human mistress) and Persephone (like the queen of the dead, a symbol of the cycles of renewal that happen below the earth).—
Haley Mlotek,
The Atlantic,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The empress dowager’s legacy Empress Dowager Ling was largely unsuccessful in her bid for power.—
Stephanie Balkwill,
The Conversation,
17 Mar. 2025
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Playing an acid-tongue dowager or master teacher of witchcraft came naturally to her, but what thrilled her about acting was its transformative freedom.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Sep. 2024
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Nonetheless, the position of policewoman was such a resounding public relations success that Los Angeles soon expanded its roster to three female police officers and three police matrons.—
Peter Zablocki,
Smithsonian Magazine,
13 Mar. 2025
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The jury of matrons disappeared from Australia’s courts.—
Alice Neikirk,
Smithsonian Magazine,
8 July 2024
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“Ladyship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ladyship. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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