dignitary

He offers Gruel a lazy thumbs-up, accepts the chef’s joke about cooking for a dignitary and immediately turns to the camera to recite the show’s mission statement.

From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026

If she enters the race, she could face off against a DSA dignitary.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

Despite early courtesies - India's then national security adviser Brajesh Mishra was the first foreign dignitary to congratulate Khaleda Zia - trust proved thin.

From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2026

The Secret Service, the CHP and Los Angeles police do not discuss details of dignitary protection in terms of deployment, numbers, or travel teams.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2025

Archie always spoke to him with respectful formality, as to a judge or visiting dignitary.

From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli

In Gaza City, community elders, mokhtars, local dignitaries and civil defense crews gathered Tuesday for a mass funeral after the recovery effort that was accomplished with a single excavator and simple hand tools.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

Iranians began to gather on Friday for the funeral ceremonies of slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei, as officials and international dignitaries paid their last respects to the man who ran the country for three-and-a-half decades.

From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026

Ahead of the ceremonies, foreign dignitaries convened to pay their respects, including Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council, and He Wei, vice chairman of China’s top lawmaking body.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026

Government ministers, local dignitaries and journalists were there to greet her.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026

State Department regularly brought African dignitaries to the city, to show the world that the stories in the sensationalist press about race problems in America were exaggerated or exceptions to the rule of racial comity.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson