How to Use great-nephew in a Sentence
great-nephew
noun
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Camilla's great-nephew, Arthur Elliot, will also join the group, the palace announced.
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Simon Perry,
Peoplemag,
4 Apr. 2023
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Freddy, Gus and Louis hold the role for their grandmother alongside her great-nephew Arthur Elliot.
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Janine Henni,
Peoplemag,
6 May 2023
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None of those in attendance knew Schmidt personally, but his great-nephew was there.
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Andrea Vacchiano,
Fox News,
26 Feb. 2023
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The billionaire also footed the bill for Thomas’ great-nephew’s private-school tuition.
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Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
15 Apr. 2024
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The outlet also reported that the billionaire paid $6,000-a-month school tuition for Thomas’s great-nephew.
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Justin Ray,
Robb Report,
9 May 2023
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She has been compared to her great-nephew Prince Harry, who stepped down as a working royal in 2020 after marrying Meghan Markle.
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Sydni Ellis,
Peoplemag,
20 Mar. 2023
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James Niland, the great-nephew of the Niland brothers, also discussed his family’s legacy with the outlet.
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Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
6 June 2024
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The great-nephew of Foulweather Jack was killed by a cannonball in Corsica, the upshot being that Byron was now the heir presumptive to a title.
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Anthony Lane,
The New Yorker,
26 Feb. 2024
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Alexander’s great-nephew, a journalist named Thomas Harding, interviewed Brigitte while working on a book about his uncle’s search for Rudolf.
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Meilan Solly,
Smithsonian Magazine,
4 Jan. 2024
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In a photo The Times obtained that appears to date back to the early 2000s, picturing his great-nephew as a child, the motor coach no longer sported the sizzling orange flames and Pegasus logo.
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Julie Tate,
New York Times,
5 Aug. 2023
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The assassination led to years of civil war, and Caesar’s great-nephew Octavian, who took the name Augustus, ultimately came to power.
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Christopher Parker,
Smithsonian Magazine,
22 June 2023
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Friends and relatives of both — many of them great-great-nieces and great-great-nephews of Rowe, who had no children of her own — share their recollections, while historians, curators and collectors offer broader insights.
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Sheri Linden,
The Hollywood Reporter,
11 Mar. 2023
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Meanwhile, their devoted great-nephew, Archie, is counting on the excursion to rekindle his romantic relationship with a Paris antiques dealer.
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Karen MacPherson,
Washington Post,
21 Jan. 2024
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