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who's who

noun as in upper class group

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Smithson’s biographer, Heather Ewing, has noted that Smithson was friends with a “who’s who of European science,” men who “proclaimed themselves citizens of the globe.”

Holmes had a who’s who of prominent men on her board, including former Secretaries of State George Shultz and Henry Kissinger and former Defense Secretaries Jim Mattis and William J. Perry.

There are a lot of moving parts in “The Gold,” represented in sometimes brief alternating scenes, and it may take a while, among the crooks, at least, to get a handle on things, to sort out where you are, who’s who, who’s married to whom, and what part each plays in the caper.

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A shelf in their airy studio discreetly catalogs her career highlights: faded photographs with Hillary Clinton and Wood; a copy of the “Who’s Who in American Art” that features Matzkin; a group family photo at the Smithsonian.

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Ringside was a who's who of boxing and entertainment, from legends Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, and Thomas Hearns to singer Lizzo and actor Mark Wahlberg.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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