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cavalier

[kav-uh-leer, kav-uh-leer] / ˌkæv əˈlɪər, ˈkæv əˌlɪər /


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Delivering his verdicts, Judge Smith criticised the company's "cavalier" and "careless" approach to the accreditation process, which would allow it to conduct testing.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Sarandos has been openly cavalier about his belief that the theatrical release is “outdated,” going so far as to claim that Netflix saved Hollywood.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026

Much of the world still thinks of Latin American organized crime in terms of cut-throat cocaine cartels and cavalier capos like Pablo Escobar.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

For a profitless private company eyeing the public markets for the first time, OpenAI this week was remarkably cavalier toward a charismatic megafauna of the Hollywood ecosystem, Disney.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026

“It’s all right. Get up, and don’t be a goose, Jo,” was the cavalier reply to her petition.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

She said her cavaliers “saved our life” after she and her husband lost two sons, 17-year-old Matthew in a 2001 car crash and 36-year-old Scott, who had multiple disabilities, in 2010.

From Seattle Times ● May 8, 2023

So the BBC Radio 4's Today programme debate on "Do We Need a Monarchy?" offered snapshots into these competing world views, serving up a pundits' version of roundheads versus cavaliers.

From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2023

He wished that his knights for the battle would thirst, But his “brave” cavaliers were, quite simply, The Worst.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 21, 2022

For instance, in the Waltz of the Flowers, the four cavaliers, suited up hilariously as tuxedoed bumblebees, toss the ballerinas in quick succession, avoiding airborne collisions by seconds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2015

The only ones who even irritated him were the cavaliers, the high-bred, feathery, courtly ones who spoke like Englishmen and treated a man like dirt.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara




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