DOYENNES Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

doyennes

noun

plural of doyenne

as in experts

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Noun

Industry experts generally expect crude oil and LNG tankers to be granted priority clearance due to their criticality to global energy supplies, while container ships and other cargo vessels may face longer wait times.

— , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
In recent studies by AccuWeather experts, excessive rainfall can contribute to insect and fungus damage in parts of Pennsylvania, which may lead to duller colors and earlier leaf drop.

— Gabby Sartori, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of experts

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The film’s procedural aspect ticks along just fine, holding the attention without subverting expectations, and carried by actors who, much like the detectives in this case, are ultra-capable professionals with no inclination to go rogue on us.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 28 Aug. 2026
Medical residents and professionals can earn a $1,000 referral bonus for referring other doctors, dentists, or residents.

— Rebecca Safier, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of professionals

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Still, the question of what Ebel was doing with his adepts swept through Prussia, dominating the newspapers that had only recently begun to emerge from their eighteenth-century chronicling of obligations to a more modern publicizing role.

— Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
He was investigated by the SS on the orders of Heinrich Himmler but convinced his investigators, all adepts of Deutsche Physik, that he was engaged in worthwhile teaching and research.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025

Definition of adepts

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Some include a handful athletes who signed professional contracts, which prompted every Power Four conference to ban pros from returning to college – leading to even more court filings.

— ABC News, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026
In the early years of college football, before there were children’s leagues and before there were pros, Harvard College team doctors highlighted the risk of concussion in a report published in the prominent Boston Medical and Surgical Journal.

— Emily Harrison, STAT, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of pros

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They were joined by the period's flamboyant style mavens, the Marchesa Casati, Lady Ottoline Morrell, Mona Harrison Williams, and Diana Vreeland among them.

— Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 5 July 2026
Just ask style mavens Katie Holmes and Jennifer Aniston, who have both been spotted wearing the uber-comfortable Archies flip-flops.

— Annie Blackman, InStyle, 14 June 2026

Definition of mavens

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His platform features a portal where real monks and gurus can come online and do live sessions with devotees.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
Typically, at this age, the B and C-listers typically turn into self-help gurus who suddenly start praying to some butterfly goddess while on a retreat in Costa Rica.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 July 2026

Definition of gurus

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