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
Tributes have begun pouring in for the writer, who was considered the doyen of Malayalam-language literature.
From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2024
There was historically rooted free jazz, courtesy of the downtown doyen William Parker and his ensemble, In Order to Survive.
From New York Times ● Jan. 15, 2024
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
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
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
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
We live in the golden age of remixed and remastered box sets, with the doyens of classic rock leading the way.
From Salon ● Nov. 9, 2018
One of the doyens of scientific testing of the shroud, Raymond Rogers of the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, argued in 2002 that a simple chemical transformation could do the job.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2015
Jones, the layout’s architect, knew that a fine fescue surface from tee box to green would intrigue the U.S.G.A., the doyens of the Open.
From New York Times ● Jun. 12, 2015
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English Words Derived from French, List 10
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