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as in majesty
a dignified bearing or appearance befitting someone of royal status
she has an air of royalty that belies her humble origins
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as in aristocracy
individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class
a political fund-raiser attended by the royalty of the Hollywood scene
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Recent Examples of royalty
After the changes, Spotify is estimated to have paid publishers and songwriters $150 million less in royalties over a year.
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Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
The Thursday kickoff has effervescent Bay Area bluegrass/folk royalty Brothers Comatose alongside Paul Thorn and an after-party from the indelible North Mississippi Allstars.
—Aaron Davis, Sacbee.com, 29 June 2025
Structure for success: Offer creators both equity and short-term incentives like royalties to ensure full commitment.
Build the business beyond the creator: The product must stand on its own.
—Ian Shepherd, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
Our obsession with royalty does not seem like the kind of fetish that protects.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 26 June 2025
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Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
The Thursday kickoff has effervescent Bay Area bluegrass/folk royalty Brothers Comatose alongside Paul Thorn and an after-party from the indelible North Mississippi Allstars.
—Aaron Davis, Sacbee.com, 29 June 2025
Structure for success: Offer creators both equity and short-term incentives like royalties to ensure full commitment.
Build the business beyond the creator: The product must stand on its own.
—Ian Shepherd, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
Our obsession with royalty does not seem like the kind of fetish that protects.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 26 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for royalty
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More admired than beloved, the show has extended an open challenge to theater artists drawn to the sophisticated majesty of Brown’s Tony-winning score but daunted by the expansive scope of Uhry’s Tony-winning book.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2025
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While some of these women have officially earned their crowns in the Disney princess canon, other heroines like Elsa from Frozen (2013) and Mirabel from Encanto (2021) have essentially become honorary majesties.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
23 June 2025
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A little biographical information: He was born in 1896 into the decaying Bourbon aristocracy.—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
7 Apr. 2025
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Republican purists wanted a simple, technical training school that kept the costs low and, more importantly, kept the officer corps from evolving into an aristocracy.—
Ryan Shaw / Made by History,
TIME,
24 Feb. 2025
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Did Gilded Age millionaires really marry their daughters to British nobility in exchange for funding their estates?—
Alexis Nedd,
IndieWire,
2 July 2025
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Despite her connection by blood to illustrious Roman nobility, Agrippina would disappear almost as swiftly as she was named.—
Diana Arterian
June 16,
Literary Hub,
16 June 2025
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Judge holds career bests of 10.60 in the 100 and 21.85 in the 200.—
Matt Roy,
Boston Herald,
11 July 2025
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In 2017, thousands of men ran 400-meter times that were faster than the personal bests of Olympic gold medalists Sanya Richards-Ross and Allyson Felix.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 July 2025
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We must be reminded of the meaning and importance of human dignity, freedom and equality in each generation, especially as those ideals are expressed in the Declaration of Independence.—
Hans Zeiger,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 July 2025
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Somehow Harold had found out, and come to sit with me, and out of respect for my dignity had never mentioned it afterward.—
Nicole Krauss,
The Atlantic,
6 July 2025
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One America, with coastal elites in places like New York City and Los Angeles, who continue to steamroll towards full-on Marxism, and another with ordinary, hard-working Americans across the country, like here in the great state of Alaska, who don’t embrace this extremism.—
Mike Dunleavy,
New York Daily News,
14 July 2025
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Anita de Monte Laughs Last is a propulsive examination of power, love, and art, daring to ask who gets to be remembered and who is left behind in the rarefied world of the elite.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
14 July 2025
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“Royalty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/royalty. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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