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It quickly became clear to Mr. Khan’s inner circle that Mr. Khan intended his illustriously pedigreed grandson, not his eldest son, to be the next nizam.

From New York Times Feb. 7, 2023

C.D.B., based in Kobe, was staffed with ambitious scientists who, freed from teaching obligations and equipped with sophisticated laboratories, were expected to make significant discoveries, and publish them illustriously.

From The New Yorker Feb. 29, 2016

The illustriously bearded, scruffy-looking, braces-clad DIY film-maker is beaming in, true to form, via Skype from his Denver home.

From The Guardian Nov. 30, 2015

Arturo Toscanini, for years illustriously inseparable from La Scala in Milan, will reputedly conduct this winter at Costanza Opera in Rome.

From Time Magazine Archive

His father's ancestors were of noble descent, and those of his mother, Munny Begum, more eminently and more illustriously so.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 11 (of 12) by Edmund Burke




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