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cavalier

[kav-uh-leer, kav-uh-leer] / ˌkæv əˈlɪər, ˈkæv əˌlɪər /


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She isn't cavalier enough to jettison everything, though: Both 7 Rings and her Lady Gaga duet Rain On Me raise the roof.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

Much of the world still thinks of Latin American organized crime in terms of cut-throat cocaine cartels and cavalier capos like Pablo Escobar.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

Travolta’s never been cavalier about his passion for flying and aeronautics, but rarely has he spoken as candidly about the source of that love as he does in “Propeller One-Way Night Coach.”

From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2026

If we call the cops on teens violating a city curfew, it suggests a cavalier attitude toward the perils of the justice system.

From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2026

Despite the importance of this research, many scientists seemed cavalier about their cultures.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

She said her cavaliers “saved our life” after she and her husband lost two sons, 17-year-old Matthew in a 2001 car crash and 36-year-old Scott, who had multiple disabilities, in 2010.

From Seattle Times ● May 8, 2023

He wished that his knights for the battle would thirst, But his “brave” cavaliers were, quite simply, The Worst.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 21, 2022

For instance, in the Waltz of the Flowers, the four cavaliers, suited up hilariously as tuxedoed bumblebees, toss the ballerinas in quick succession, avoiding airborne collisions by seconds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2015

The idiom is organized in terms of chivalry around female glory: men in black tunics and tights serve principally as cavaliers and as background to women who are resplendent in white tutus.

From New York Times ● May 22, 2013

Bored of these women, bored of these cavaliers who masqueraded as companions, bored of everything.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas




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