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aristocrat

[uh-ris-tuh-krat, ar-uh-stuh-] / əˈrɪs təˌkræt, ˈær ə stə- /


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There were hair-metal bands that only had power ballads — Firehouse or some band with 17th century French aristocrat hair.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

Depicting the singer as a Baroque aristocrat clad in contemporary designer fashion, the portrait helped propel González onto an international stage.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 19, 2026

A small part of the problem is that the dividend aristocrat index is equal-weighted, but it has done terribly even compared with the equal-weighted S&P, which is itself lagging behind the normal, market-value-weighted index.

From The Wall Street Journal May 21, 2026

The returns of the buyback aristocrat strategy look solid—although it’s worth noting the index was launched in December 2025, so the returns are hypothetical and benefit from 20/20 hindsight.

From Barron's May 7, 2026

Nero was an aristocrat, and Lazlo so very much wasn’t.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

Among them was the academy’s annual summer party, themed after 18th-century Georgian pleasure gardens — Britain’s oil-lamp-lit outdoor venues where aristocrats, the newly rich and everyday revelers gathered to see, be seen and behave badly.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

The book is about colonisation and devastation, set against a backdrop of families left to die of starvation on estates owned by British aristocrats and landowners.

From BBC May 22, 2026

But the dividend aristocrats managed to beat the wider index, as long as those steady divis were reinvested—something an ordinary investor can do automatically by updating the settings in their brokerage account.

From The Wall Street Journal May 21, 2026

Dividend aristocrats are supposed to be conservative blue chips.

From Barron's Apr. 1, 2026

The sophists—of whom Gorgias was one of the first examples—were essentially just private tutors who trained Athenian aristocrats in philosophy and rhetoric.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith




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