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Recent Examples of gent
Enjoying family meals was easy since the bar and restaurants offer kids' menus (and the kitchen was even happy to whip up something for our hungry gents before dinner service officially started).
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Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2024
Traditional formalwear ruled the red carpet, with most gents opting for classic suits and fail-safe dress watches.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 16 Sep. 2024
The gent he’s come to see, Woody Guthrie, is indeed there.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2024
After lightly chiding these gents for two movies, director Michael Winterbottom finally takes the knives out and begins to punish them, a decision that results in two late scenes that border on sociopathic and culminates in an unimaginably absurd ending that refuses to let Coogan off the hook.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 19 Nov. 2024
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Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2024
Traditional formalwear ruled the red carpet, with most gents opting for classic suits and fail-safe dress watches.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 16 Sep. 2024
The gent he’s come to see, Woody Guthrie, is indeed there.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2024
After lightly chiding these gents for two movies, director Michael Winterbottom finally takes the knives out and begins to punish them, a decision that results in two late scenes that border on sociopathic and culminates in an unimaginably absurd ending that refuses to let Coogan off the hook.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 19 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gent
Noun
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Three-year-old Duncan, a jowly black-and-white gentleman with floppy ears, is also seeking new companions.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
13 Feb. 2025
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Ladies and gentlemen, the Weeknd …performed at the Grammys.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
2 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Transgender teenagers are using the New Hampshire courts to target President Donald Trump’s executive order prohibiting biological males from participating in female sports.—
Emily Hallas,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
12 Feb. 2025
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His writing challenges and subverts the negative stereotypes of African American males often portrayed in contemporary media, diving into their complexities through a blend of humor and poignant coming-of-age narratives.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
12 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Finer gives me glance, as in: Why rattle on dash of guy with no baby?—
George Saunders,
The Atlantic,
14 Feb. 2025
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With that, the two guys spontaneously started dancing — punching the air, while spinning on their feet, ecstatic.—
Wash Westmoreland,
The Hollywood Reporter,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Of course, there's one dude who's absolutely jacked.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
31 Jan. 2025
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Obviously a great dude, somebody who still comes to my charity golf tournament to this day.—
Cam Inman,
The Mercury News,
31 Jan. 2025
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“Gent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gent. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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