debutante
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In her run-down Victorian house, she produces a literary journal, Vista, and provides lodging to four tenants: Robbie, a struggling writer; Georgina, a flighty debutante; Mina, an ambitious cinema usherette; and Saul, a wartime refugee.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
And in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, veteran politician MK Stalin was trailing, challenged by a political debutante -- film star C. Joseph Vijay.
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
In “By Invitation Only,” fashion takes center stage as the girls prepare for their debutante debuts.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2025
In reply, West Indies openers Hayley Matthews and Qiana Joseph started positively with a stand of 91 in 14 overs, before debutante Em Arlott claimed the prized wicket of Matthews for 48.
From BBC • May 30, 2025
They really made an effort to make me presentable, as though I were a debutante to be presented to the King of England all over again.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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