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  • noun Plural form of sophisticate.

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Examples

  • Most funds have strict requirements regarding investors, usually of the net-worth variety, used to separate so-called sophisticates from us average Joes.

    Minyanville 2009

  • Bennett at CPAC: "[O] ur critics, the so-called sophisticates" have had "disdain" for patriotism

    Media Matters for America - Limbaugh Wire 2009

  • The days when "sophisticates" were "worshipping" Stranger in a Strange Land were over forty years ago!

    "If I were sitting in a Tube train and all the people opposite me were reading 'Mein Kampf' with obvious enjoyment and approval..." Ann Althouse 2008

  • It’s not so much a right-wing conspiracy as it is a brilliant marketing strategy to deliver news and commentary that actually matter to the bulk of the country, and not just the so-called sophisticates in New York and Los Angeles.

    LOSING OUR RELIGION S. E. CUPP 2010

  • It’s not so much a right-wing conspiracy as it is a brilliant marketing strategy to deliver news and commentary that actually matter to the bulk of the country, and not just the so-called sophisticates in New York and Los Angeles.

    LOSING OUR RELIGION S. E. CUPP 2010

  • Karl it was the "sophisticates" in both parties who got us into this mess.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2010

  • Watching Stefano and his family interact, as he presumes one thing after another - often incorrectly - is to witness something that will probably hit close to home for many of us "sophisticates" who make occasional forays back to family.

    GreenCine Daily 2009

  • But tonight he wasn't shooting for the base -- or the "sophisticates".

    The Discerning Texan 2008

  • .. it seems that even "sophisticates" like us fall for the old chainletter idea from time to time.

    Never do anything before your second cup of coffee Jessica 2006

  • Forex's frenetic pace can be brutal to rookies and sophisticates alike.

    Is Currency Trading Worth the Risk? Stephen L. Bernard 2011

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