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Recent Examples of mikado
But this time around the Chanel pairing was the perfect combination of a crisp white silk blouse with ruffled cuffs tucked into a sweeping black mikado skirt.
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Alex Badia, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
Taiwan’s untamed mountains, like Jade Mountain—at nearly 13,000 feet the region’s highest peak, located in Yushan National Park—invite trekkers to rise above the clouds, where Formosan black bears roar and rare birds like the endemic mikado pheasant pass by.
—Alexandra Gillespie, Outside Online, 16 Dec. 2024
One such element was a silk mikado ball skirt attached to an off-the-shoulder top that, when unpinned, transformed the garment from a gown to a jumpsuit finished with pearls and crystals.
—Sadiba Hasan Maansi Srivastava, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2024
Brides can choose from mikado and stretch satin mermaid, column and A-line silhouettes with a variety of necklines including sweetheart, cowl and off-the-shoulder.
—Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 12 Mar. 2024
Standout dishes include Hiramasa crudo with avocado, black radish, and fresh yuzu; scallops wrapped in Savoy cabbage with a black truffle emulsion; spiced roast duck with turnips and Satsuma mandarins; and a poached lobster with endive mikado and malabar pepper sauce.
—William Li, Town & Country, 20 Mar. 2023
Black mikado with tiers of fabric flounces, the look delivered enough drama to compete with the spectacle on-screen.
—Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 6 Sep. 2021
Gordon is squatting in the middle of the room in front of a strapless, white guipure-lace frock with black silk-mikado trim.
—Chloe Malle, WSJ, 6 Dec. 2018
Alex Badia, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
Taiwan’s untamed mountains, like Jade Mountain—at nearly 13,000 feet the region’s highest peak, located in Yushan National Park—invite trekkers to rise above the clouds, where Formosan black bears roar and rare birds like the endemic mikado pheasant pass by.
—Alexandra Gillespie, Outside Online, 16 Dec. 2024
One such element was a silk mikado ball skirt attached to an off-the-shoulder top that, when unpinned, transformed the garment from a gown to a jumpsuit finished with pearls and crystals.
—Sadiba Hasan Maansi Srivastava, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2024
Brides can choose from mikado and stretch satin mermaid, column and A-line silhouettes with a variety of necklines including sweetheart, cowl and off-the-shoulder.
—Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 12 Mar. 2024
Standout dishes include Hiramasa crudo with avocado, black radish, and fresh yuzu; scallops wrapped in Savoy cabbage with a black truffle emulsion; spiced roast duck with turnips and Satsuma mandarins; and a poached lobster with endive mikado and malabar pepper sauce.
—William Li, Town & Country, 20 Mar. 2023
Black mikado with tiers of fabric flounces, the look delivered enough drama to compete with the spectacle on-screen.
—Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 6 Sep. 2021
Gordon is squatting in the middle of the room in front of a strapless, white guipure-lace frock with black silk-mikado trim.
—Chloe Malle, WSJ, 6 Dec. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mikado
Noun
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As Robert Kalmey observes, this moment encapsulates what Roman historians thought of as the worst of all of Octavius’s crimes against the state before becoming emperor.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
23 Oct. 2025
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The dark moniker was the emperor’s way protect European farmers from the much superior indigo coming in from India.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In terms of its risk-to-reward ratio, investing in an independent film ranks somewhere in the neighborhood of accepting the hand of a Nigerian prince who has introduced himself to you via cold email.—
Nick Pinkerton,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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The prince paid £1 million for the property back in 2003, and under the terms of the 75-year lease, due to expire on June 15, 2078, he is expected to pay for any refurbishment work and the maintenance of the surrounding grounds.—
Lianne Kolirin,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In 2015, Girls actress Allison Williams traversed the New York City subway system dressed as Belle from Beauty and the Beast (1991), looking uncannily similar to the princess.—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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As the two start to fall for each other, things get complicated when Huntley discovers Victoria is a princess.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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His most important client, during a fifty-year career, was an empress, but tsarinas, society mavens, actresses, and courtesans all came to rely on his expertise.—
Leslie Camhi,
New Yorker,
25 July 2025
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There is only one queen at a time and should two reign, they are considered mother-daughter empresses.—
Liza B. Zimmerman,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
Noun
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In the course of human events — at the courts of tsars, sultans, kaisers, shahs and the like — fealty has usually trumped expertise.—
Andreas Kluth,
Twin Cities,
28 Aug. 2025
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King, kaiser, czar, empire, democracy, European civilization, national honor—the reasons, in hindsight, make no sense.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
5 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The director’s fourth feature is told through the story of an early 20th-century sultan curious about the wonders of the burgeoning cinematograph, eventually being introduced to the ins and outs of the new technology by a former operator for the Lumiére Brothers.—
Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
19 Sep. 2025
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As per the transparency documents, in the month of July, Starmer also received gifts from other foreign leaders—a book and tie from French President Emmanuel Macron, a leather wallet from France's first lady Brigitte Macron and an ornamental shield from the sultan of Oman.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Sep. 2025
Noun
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All of these prices reflect standard/queen sizes, however, the options in this guide come in king sizes too.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
22 Oct. 2025
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The king’s execution in January 1793 led to civil war throughout much of the nation.—
Time,
Time,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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All of these prices reflect standard/queen sizes, however, the options in this guide come in king sizes too.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
22 Oct. 2025
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Like bees, wasps, and other ants, carpenter ants are social and live in a colony with a single queen and thousands of workers.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Mikado.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mikado. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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