debutante
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It made up for missed teenage rites of passage — the senior prom, the homecoming dance, the debutante ball — by doubling down on sentimentality.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026
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
Yes, another savage debutante season is upon us as matchmaking mayhem descends on Bridgerton once more.
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2026
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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Native Son
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