eminence grise
Example Sentences
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“It feels more historic,” Peter Baker, the New York Times’ éminence grise of presidential coverage, said recently of Trump’s forays into international affairs.
From Slate • Mar. 10, 2026
She manages to land a job as assistant to a literary agent named Edith Safer, “of the old school,” the very model of an éminence grise.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2023
He was a sort of éminence grise in American comedy, still revered by younger comics like Cavett.
From New York Times • Dec. 22, 2022
Multiple experts praised his skill — Dr. Walter Straus, an associate vice president at the drug company Merck & Co., said Whitley is an "éminence grise" in pediatrics whom people trust.
From Salon • Sep. 26, 2020
Although he may have always been described as the enfant terrible of fashion, today Gaultier is one the industry’s éminence grise.
From The Guardian • Jan. 23, 2020
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