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socialite

[soh-shuh-lahyt] / ˈsoʊ ʃəˌlaɪt /


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Others argued that the shirt is too cheap-looking to be something Chao, who is every inch the wealthy socialite, would wear.

From Salon Aug. 3, 2026

A handsome plumber was as likely to get in as a couture-clad socialite; once inside, he might find himself chatting up Mick Jagger or dancing with Liza Minnelli.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

Phil’s opening night was the Bowl opening night, suitable for conspicuous socialite picnicking.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 16, 2026

Donald Trump Jr. is getting married this weekend to socialite Bettina Anderson.

From Slate May 23, 2026

The woman turned out to be a Washington socialite, but it could so easily have been Elizebeth instead.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

During the Gilded Age, many of the Eastern Seaboard’s socialites and financiers—including families linked to J.P.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 22, 2026

Lawyers for Epstein's estate also handed over copies of his address book, which contained contact details from 1990 to 2019 for a host of celebrities, royals, fashion designers, business figures, socialites and politicians.

From BBC Sep. 9, 2025

The pair met “a maddening, intriguing, colorful world of dictators and drunks, scoundrels and socialites, heroes and halfwits,” per Peter Moreira in “Hemingway on the China Front.”

From Salon Jul. 12, 2025

The show is about the fallout from the publication of Truman Capote’s short story “La Côte Basque, 1965,” which was a thinly veiled portrait of this group of New York City socialites, including Paley.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 20, 2024

A strange group, to say the least, but it was a known fact that tortoises were the socialites of the woods.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman




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