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habitué

[huh-bich-oo-ey, -bich-oo-ey, a-bee-twey] / həˈbɪtʃ uˌeɪ, -ˌbɪtʃ uˈeɪ, a biˈtweɪ /


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The older painter, though remaining a salon habitué, lent a Morisot painting he owned to the show.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 25, 2025

In the early days of our friendship we would meet at the Café de Flore, where Karl was a habitué.

From New York Times Apr. 27, 2023

While researching, Peters also stumbled across the green darner dragonfly: Washington’s state insect; a habitué of lakes, ponds and springs; and a rich symbol.

From Seattle Times Dec. 9, 2022

Her first love, a fellow marsh habitué who sweetly teaches her to read and write, does not return for her as promised once he leaves for college.

From Slate Jul. 30, 2019

Practically speaking, he as an impoverished noble had reaped advantage from his place as habitué of the circle of a rich American in a land where a nice percentage exists on custom.

From Stories by American Authors, Volume 7 by Various

Business-class habitués might not care much but, when you’re splurging, it all starts with the welcome in my book.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 18, 2026

He had an exceptional affinity for Rome, where, despite lacking prior knowledge of the city, he won accolades from well-informed habitués, including Federico Fellini and Pier Paolo Pasolini, who extolled the perceptiveness of his portrait.

From New York Times Jun. 2, 2022

As narrated by Damon Runyon in his signature “Guys and Dolls” style, they describe the tiffs and rivalries among the habitués of a celestial saloon.

From Washington Post Oct. 18, 2021

The counterculture movement has deep roots from the granola-crunchy vibe of San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury to the chilled-out Abbot Kinney habitués of Venice of old.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 7, 2019

Beyond the footlights a handful of sophisticated and sceptical habitués of the theatre forgot for the moment their ingrained incredulity and thrilled in sympathy with the wonderful rapture of that voice of eternal Youth.

From The Destroying Angel by Louis Joseph Vance




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