The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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Following his previous film, “The Neon Demon,” “Her Private Hell” finds the director returning to some of his beloved motifs, such as impossibly glamorous yet noir-tinged spaces populated by blank-faced beauties in wickedly chic clothes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
California naturalist John Muir compared the two valleys’ beauties, but that was before Hetch Hetchy Valley was transformed by the O’Shaughnessy Dam into a massive reservoir.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Sonza reflected on "Brutal Paraiso," an album she composed to "talk about life and its difficulties and beauties."
From Barron's ● Apr. 13, 2026
In the middle are two young society beauties wearing the new clingy fashions with uncaricatured style, but amongst the mixed-sex groups that mill around them are gratuitously padded older women.
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2025
“Neglect! I am sure you neglect nothing that can add to the beauties of that noble place. Charles, when you build your house, I wish it may be half as delightful as Pemberley.”
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
