grandee
Example Sentences
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The messages also show what Lord Mandelson, a grandee of the New Labour years, thought about the Starmer government after Labour's return to power in 2024.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
Even before the revelations about the extent of Labour grandee Peter Mandelson’s ties to Epstein raised questions about Starmer’s judgment, investors were primed for a challenge to his leadership.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026
Ms. Cheever began to understand that his stories came at least partly from the tension between his private feelings of shame and the effort to maintain his respectability as a literary grandee and paterfamilias.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
One grandee tells me: "We need to regain our senses and remember we were totally thrashed last summer and have not yet been forgiven. More shenanigans won't help."
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2025
He dressed impeccably and had the manners of a grandee.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
