aristocratic
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Universe conditioned us to worship such false idols, portraying wealthy, aristocratic heroes as our greatest defense against alien threats and vigilantes working beyond the reach of the law as the true keepers of justice.
From Salon • May 24, 2026
“The Post,” which starred Meryl Streep in a shrewdly judged performance of aristocratic assurance and creeping insecurity, premiered in Washington less than a year into Trump’s first administration.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
Severus’ family was wealthy and aristocratic: They could afford to educate him expensively and expected him to pursue a career in public life.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
The exhibition includes examples of his illustrations for the journal Oxford Left, as well as some amusing caricatures of his aristocratic classmates.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026
The portrait, in the style of Gainsborough, showed an aristocratic family—parents, two teenage girls and an infant, all thin-lipped, and pale as ghouls—posed before a vaguely Tuscan landscape.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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