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best people

NOUN

high society

Synonyms

STRONGEST

jet set

WEAK

aristocracy beau monde beautiful people café society cream of society crème de la crème cultured class elite fashionable society four hundred good society haut monde high life polite society privileged class right people smart set societe society the Four Hundred the better sorts the privileged upper class upper crust

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Ask your best people regularly what issues they’ve stopped raising and why.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

Those who died were "the best people, they were poor and humble", he said.

From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026

Continental Europe should possess all three requirements but has struggled to retain its best people, many of whom now work for American-owned firms.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

"It was very exciting to see, but they were just the best people for the jobs."

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2026

Will, Fernando, Cara—all Erudite, all some of the best people I’ve known, however briefly.

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth

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