How to Use emirate in a Sentence

emirate

noun
  • At the start of the Arab Spring, both the emirate and the network shifted gears.
    Gregg Carlstrom, The Atlantic, 8 June 2017
  • In the five other emirates, it is sold over the counter.
    Mohamad El Chamaa, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2023
  • The slump has been most pronounced in the emirate’s splashiest projects.
    Nicolas Parasie, WSJ, 12 Feb. 2019
  • Here, a guide to where to grab a friend or partner and get a few drinks in the emirate.
    Dylan Essertier, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Feb. 2018
  • The emirate has tried to play both sides in many of the region's conflicts.
    Frida Ghitis, CNN, 7 June 2017
  • So long Atom and Humber, you will be missed at the emirates.
    Stanley Kay, SI.com, 22 Jan. 2018
  • Dubai See this complete guide for what to do and eat in the city of Dubai, and read on for what to do in the rest of the emirate.
    Rebecca Holland, Forbes, 21 May 2021
  • The amount wasn’t detailed in a tweet from Sheikh Hamdan, the deputy ruler of the emirate, on Tuesday.
    Bloomberg.com, 24 Mar. 2020
  • That suggests the airline’s main function: to put the tiny emirate on the world stage.
    The Economist, 2 Nov. 2017
  • At least in the Gulf emirate it is guaranteed to be hot.
    Gerard Baker, WSJ, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Dubai is the first emirate to set a charge on single-use plastic bags.
    Jomana Karadsheh and Eoin McSweeney, CNN, 14 Feb. 2022
  • The princess has twice tried to flee the emirate, accusing her father of abuse.
    The Economist, 20 Feb. 2021
  • As a growing city with ambition to burn, the emirate has been a petri dish for bold projects for the past two decades.
    CNN, 27 Oct. 2022
  • In the rolling red dunes of Sharjah, the emirate just north of Dubai, lies an area with a significant claim to fame.
    Nicola Chilton, Travel + Leisure, 4 Dec. 2021
  • Over the past three decades construction has boomed across the largest emirate in the United Arab Emirates.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2023
  • On June 9th Mr Trump called the emirate a sponsor of terrorism.
    The Economist, 1 Mar. 2018
  • Abu Dhabi, the largest emirate in the U.A.E., holds about 6 percent of global crude reserves and produces most of the country’s oil.
    Anthony Dipaola, Bloomberg.com, 10 Apr. 2018
  • Abu Dhabi, the largest emirate in the U.A.E., holds about 6 percent of global crude reserves and produces most of the country's oil.
    Anthony Dipaola and Mahmoud Habboush, Houston Chronicle, 10 Apr. 2018
  • We were told that this will be resolved by the new government (or emirate).
    Ian Pannell, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2021
  • But things are changing for the gas-rich emirate’s 2m migrant workers, who are 95% of its labour force.
    The Economist, 8 May 2021
  • Today, the area near the marshland is more known for the low-cost liquor store at the emirate's Barracuda Beach Resort.
    Jon Gambrell, ajc, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Today, the area near the marshland is more known for the low-cost liquor store at the emirate’s Barracuda Beach Resort.
    Jon Gambrell, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Nov. 2022
  • With the test line up and running, uSky has also received initial approval to build a line around the coastal town of Khor Fakkan, to the east of the emirate.
    Ana De Oliva, CNN, 8 July 2021
  • Abu Dhabi’s western region, Al Dhafra, is about two thirds of the entire emirate.
    Johanna Read, Forbes, 4 June 2021
  • Al Ain, in the emirate of Abu Dhabi, has been a crucial desert oasis for millennia.
    Nicola Chilton, Travel + Leisure, 4 Dec. 2021
  • And in the emirate's Jubail Mangrove Park, a forest of the resilient plants is thriving in the intensely salty waters of the world's hottest sea.
    CNN, 6 Aug. 2022
  • And back in 2010, when this tiny emirate won the rights to host the tournament, Qatar never could have imagined such a stellar matchup.
    Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 18 Dec. 2022
  • Three in five Emirates fliers, in fact, are connecting to somewhere else.
    Katherine Lagrave, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Jan. 2017
  • Now, the Taliban are free to pursue their longtime goal of reestablishing an Islamic emirate through military force.
    Seth G. Jones, Foreign Affairs, 21 July 2021
  • The emirate’s commitment to fostering artistic dialogue and supporting diverse voices is quite exceptional.
    Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 3 Oct. 2024

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