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retinue

[ret-n-oo, -yoo] / ˈrɛt nˌu, -ˌyu /




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"For astronomers, our go-to 'Doppler' method for weighing planets involves making careful measurements of the star's velocity as it's tugged by its retinue of planets." said Erik Petigura, a co-author from UCLA.

From Science Daily • Jan. 31, 2026

They were served by a cosmopolitan retinue: Sri Lankan singers, Arab managers, European chefs and always Afghan workers in a multitude of indispensable roles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

She collected some of the most fascinating information on the latter by watching Flo, an older female with a bulbous nose and an amazing retinue of suitors who was bearing children well into her 40s.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2025

At the table behind that sat former New York Times opinion editor James Bennet, slender and suited, with his own lawyerly retinue.

From Slate • Apr. 16, 2025

The retinue entered the hall after the king—first Blanche of Castile, followed by Queen Marguerite, King Louis’s wife, with their infant daughter in her arms.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz