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socialite

[soh-shuh-lahyt] / ˈsoʊ ʃəˌlaɪt /


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De Niro and Hightower called it quits in 2018, and the socialite then offloaded the home in March 2025 for $18 million.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026

Others argued that the shirt is too cheap-looking to be something Chao, who is every inch the wealthy socialite, would wear.

From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2026

A handsome plumber was as likely to get in as a couture-clad socialite; once inside, he might find himself chatting up Mick Jagger or dancing with Liza Minnelli.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

Phil’s opening night was the Bowl opening night, suitable for conspicuous socialite picnicking.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026

Kaitlyn just happened to be an extremely sophisticated twenty- five-year-old British socialite stuck inside a sixteen-year-old body in Indianapolis.

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green

During the Gilded Age, many of the Eastern Seaboard’s socialites and financiers—including families linked to J.P.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026

Besson innovates with a subplot about Dracul’s foray into the world of perfume as he develops an intoxicating fragrance in Florence using French lavender, testing the potion on the pre-Revolution socialites in towering white-powdered wigs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2026

Lawyers for Epstein's estate also handed over copies of his address book, which contained contact details from 1990 to 2019 for a host of celebrities, royals, fashion designers, business figures, socialites and politicians.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2025

When her character, Aurora Fane, joins a throng of socialites surveying the nearly completed Met, the camera lingers on her face, upraised in awe.

From New York Times ● May 2, 2024

A strange group, to say the least, but it was a known fact that tortoises were the socialites of the woods.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman




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