first lady

noun

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as in grand old man

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Recent Examples of first lady The first lady credited scientific advances and changing social norms for the launch of the initiative, elements of which echo a Biden administration effort. — Dan Diamond, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026 The initiative comes after a series of meetings the first lady had with federal health officials. — Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026 Thirty-two years after her ordination, the seven women ordained aboard the MS Passau included four from Germany, two from Austria and one from the United States, a former first lady of Ohio, no less. — Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026 The British actress also portrayed former first lady Nancy Reagan opposite Dennis Quaid in the 2024 biographical film Reagan. — Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2026 Wherever the first lady looked, there were signs of her husband’s other women. — Laurence Leamer, Vanity Fair, 14 Oct. 2026 The first lady appeared in a video to launch the 2027 Presidential Super Intelligence Challenge on Tuesday. — Miranda Nazzaro, The Hill, 13 Oct. 2026 The new Green Park Inn is under development on the site of the hotel that first opened in 1891 and housed famous faces including first lady Eleanor Roosevelt and Presidents Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover. — Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 12 Oct. 2026 Nighy will play Nahla’s estranged father, Nyk Ake, while DeWitt will portray Tarima’s mother, Laytha Sadal, the first lady of Betazed. — Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2026
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  1. grand old man
  2. institution
  3. fixture
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  • The grand old man of guidebooks may be gone, but many of us will be following his lead for a good long time.
    — Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2024
  • By his side, Caracas finds a grand old man, a novelist who wanders with him into the depths of the Neapolitan underworld.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 13 Feb. 2023
Definition of grand old man
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  • When the Fondation Cartier exhibition ends, the factory will be returned to Ghana for permanent installation in Kumasi, where Mahama plans to build a new institution.
    — Gameli Hamelo, ARTnews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Research expenditure at higher education institutions rose 11%, to approximately $48 billion.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of institution
Noun
  • The shop says Molly is a fixture and offered her other options.
    — Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Lastly, try ducking into Casey Rubber Stamps, founded in 1979, in the West Village, and a neighborhood fixture since 2003.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of fixture

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