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Recent Examples on the Web Court filings have revealed that in 2017, business planners at ExxonMobil—the doyen of international oil and gas firms—were already assuming a tax on carbon dioxide emissions in the OECD countries of $60 per metric ton by 2030. Andrew S. Erickson, Foreign Affairs, 13 Apr. 2021 One of them hurled a fish at the audience—Suzy Menkes, then the doyen of The Times, caught it in her lap. Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 16 Apr. 2024 These are simple places, sometimes shacks, but all lively and serving great food cooked by formidable doyens, grandmothers such as Lu. Catherine Fairweather, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Mar. 2024 Ameen Sayani, the doyen of Indian radio, died on Tuesday in Mumbai following a heart attack. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for doyen 

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“Doyen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doyen. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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