sophisticate
noun
a sophisticated person.
sophisticates
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present tense formof sophisticate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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With its expressionistic, skillfully lit pastels, “My Father’s Dragon” appears, at first, to be a high-tier cartoon for young sophisticates, as one might expect from the Oscar nominee Nora Twomey, who previously directed “The Breadwinner.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2022
Low rates serve financial sophisticates: Such rates send torrents of money in search of higher yields into the stock market.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 17, 2022
But her honest voice and honest cooking caused Manhattan and Brooklyn sophisticates to clamor for her beautifully prepared Southern food.
From Salon ● May 25, 2022
When Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony was new, it seemed to the sophisticates to have far less going for it than does Márquez’s concerto.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2021
He liked the idea of coffee quite a lot—a warm drink that gave you energy and had been for centuries associated with sophisticates and intellectuals.
From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green
