doyen
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Mr. Dilenschneider, the doyen of American public relations, is the founder of the Dilenschneider Group, a strategic-counseling firm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
The ANC said in a statement: “He was a globally acclaimed playwright, composer and producer. We have lost a true legend, a doyen, and a genuine ambassador of theatre.”
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 28, 2023
“Drag Race” doyen and Emmy record holder RuPaul is a favorite, again, in the 2023 reality competition hosting category.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2023
Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, Kenya's first vice-president who later became a doyen of opposition politics, had died.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2022
Lawrence’s position as doyen of the Rad Lab and Teller’s as the indispensable genius of thermonuclear technology made compromise impossible.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Benegal, one of the doyens of Indian cinema, says the film remains very close to his heart.
From BBC ● May 17, 2024
Today, a number of doyens in the recondite field of AI admit they don’t know where all this is headed.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 6, 2023
Putnam’s had kept Bates on after purchasing Grosset and Dunlap, and Bates had come to adore her well-earned senior status as one of the industry’s doyens.
From Salon ● Nov. 9, 2023
Corbin & King Restaurants Jeremy King and Chris Corbin are like the doyens of the industry in London when it comes to restaurateurs.
From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2021
The prospect has a certain synergy to it, because both actors have made a home for themselves as doyens of the arthouse film, even if their careers started off in very different places.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 5, 2019
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English Words Derived from French, List 10
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