mikado

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Recent Examples of mikado One such element was a silk mikado ball skirt attached to an off-the-shoulder top that, when unpinned, transformed the garment from a gown to a jumpsuit finished with pearls and crystals. Sadiba Hasan Maansi Srivastava, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2024 Brides can choose from mikado and stretch satin mermaid, column and A-line silhouettes with a variety of necklines including sweetheart, cowl and off-the-shoulder. Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 12 Mar. 2024 Standout dishes include Hiramasa crudo with avocado, black radish, and fresh yuzu; scallops wrapped in Savoy cabbage with a black truffle emulsion; spiced roast duck with turnips and Satsuma mandarins; and a poached lobster with endive mikado and malabar pepper sauce. William Li, Town & Country, 20 Mar. 2023 Black mikado with tiers of fabric flounces, the look delivered enough drama to compete with the spectacle on-screen. Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 6 Sep. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mikado
Noun
  • Mughal emperor Shah Jahan contracted a marvel of architectural precision built in memory of one of his wives, Mumtaz Mahal, after her death.
    Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The feathered headdress once worn by Aztec emperor Moctezuma II resides in Vienna.
    Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Once the crown prince of Rome, he was forced to flee at age 12 for his safety, and is now a humble farmer in Numidia, North Africa.
    Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
  • One of the great things about the prince is really manages to put people at ease very quickly.
    Simon Perry, People.com, 20 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • These include: Princess Noel, a human who is the princess of light and magic.
    Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Maybe there's a prince or a princess or a mistaken identity.
    Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Archaeologists subsequently uncovered a platform at the site with statue bases inscribed with the names of 14 Roman emperors and empresses.
    Patricia Failing, ARTnews.com, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Directed by Scott's son, Jake Scott, Kelce stars in the commercial as a gladiator alongside the other athletes and Megan, 29, who plays an empress.
    Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • The kaiser’s Germany—strong in arms, rich in music and philosophy, politically authoritarian—embodied Mann’s ideal.
    George Packer, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The government was run by a chancellor who reported to a hereditary monarch, the kaiser, rather than to the public at large, and there were two legislative houses, an upper one dominated by Prussian conservatives and a lower one elected by universal suffrage.
    Sheri Berman, Foreign Affairs, 3 Dec. 2012
Noun
  • The sultan is the second-longest reigning monarch, following the late Queen Elizabeth II.
    Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 29 Aug. 2024
  • Putin refers to this region—a vast expanse of steppe and the coastline that the tsars wrested from the Ottoman sultans in the eighteenth century—by the name Novorossiya, or New Russia.
    Brian Milakovsky, Foreign Affairs, 7 Oct. 2022
Noun
  • Back at Lallybroch, Claire and Jamie maneuver the shocked reactions of his family as Claire calmly shares her intel on how this upcoming revolution will result in the rich being persecuted and the king and queen being beheaded.
    Lincee Ray, EW.com, 23 Nov. 2024
  • In 2021, Yoox Net-a-Porter Group pledged to commit to the king’s Terra Carta, a mandate that puts sustainability at the heart of the private sector.
    Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 21 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • While Jon is bound to leadership by a sense of duty, Daenerys sees herself as a liberator, a queen steeped in moral righteousness who freed slaves across the sea for the greater good.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 14 July 2017
  • THE TRENDSETTER Salt & Straw is the homecoming queen of ice cream in LA.
    Cole Kazdin, Los Angeles Magazine, 14 July 2017

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“Mikado.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mikado. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.

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