personage
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Stanton is a huge and consequential personage in American history, but she has dwindled in the eyes of posterity to become a subordinate of Anthony.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
The omnipresent Emcee, a queer Jack Be Nimble, can’t be dragged to the camps because he is a thematic stage presence, more a spirit than a depicted personage with a before/during/after narrative governed by reality.
From Salon • Oct. 4, 2025
Security Council’s five permanent members, only the United States, in the personage of President Joe Biden, spoke.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 26, 2023
The pop-culture personage turned politician is not so novel a figure as it used to be.
From New York Times • Jul. 27, 2023
He appeared a taciturn, and perhaps a proud personage; but he was very kind to me.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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Excerpt from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
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