grande dame

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Today’s glass and steel tower over the bones of what was once the grande dame of colonial luxury, the Hong Kong Hotel.

From Salon • Jul. 12, 2025

Lange’s Lillian Hall is a theater grande dame playing the charismatic matriarch in a Broadway revival of Chekhov’s “The Cherry Orchard.”

From New York Times • May 30, 2024

And what kind of relationship will he have with Megawati Sukarnoputri, the grande dame of Indonesian politics and leader of the largest party, the PDIP?

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2024

You may know the name Dale Chihuly, but have you heard of Ginny Ruffner, the grande dame of Seattle glass art?

From Seattle Times • Sep. 19, 2023

To be the grande dame of the beautiful, terrible past.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez