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Gray Lady

American  

noun

  1. a female worker in the American Red Cross who serves as a volunteer aide in medical services.


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During his 8-year tenure as the CEO of the Times, Thompson helped transform the Gray Lady into a beacon for newspapers in the internet age by focusing on digital subscriptions.

From Reuters ● Aug. 30, 2023

The Gray Lady has been checking out our dining scene lately, even lining up for that busy ferry run to Orcas Island for dinner, and the staff apparently found much to its liking.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 19, 2022

Grab your popcorn, fight fans: It’s the Gray Lady versus the self-proclaimed “Caribou Barbie”—with a few intriguing and slightly unnerving First Amendment battles filling out the undercard.

From Slate ● Feb. 3, 2022

The Gray Lady has published an accolade of sorts to former President Donald Trump.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 3, 2021

So Voldemort had managed to wheedle the location of the lost diadem out of the Gray Lady.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

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