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famous people

NOUN
beautiful people
Synonyms
WEAK
aristocracy beau monde café society cream of society crème de la crème cultured class elite glamorous people glitterati haut monde high life high society in-crowd jet set privileged class smart set society society people the in-crowd the privileged the upper class the well-to-do upper crust wealthy people

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Det Con David Stubbs told LBC that Slater had connections with some rich and famous people and, due to this, she was able to convince her victims she had "credible access" to the tickets.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

"That is quite intriguing to people because what you tend to find when you bump into famous people in the Cotswolds is they're very much on their best behaviour," Llewelyn-Bowen whispered.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2026

Poehler’s podcast shares a basic format with hundreds of others: A famous host brings famous people into the studio to ask them questions big and small.

From Salon • Jan. 16, 2026

For two decades, Suhail Kwatra dressed some of Boston’s wealthiest and most famous people at the Saks store in the city’s Prudential Center.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026

“Do you know how many famous people started acting at the playhouse?”

From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt