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Recent Examples of emirate
In the north, the Hausa-Fulani people operated within a feudalistic hierarchy, with a supreme caliphate in the city of Sokoto ruling over lesser emirates.
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Uzodinma Iweala, Foreign Affairs, 21 June 2022
Israeli news outlets have reported that his car was found abandoned in Al Ain, a city in the adjacent emirate of Abu Dhabi, on the border with Oman.
—Ismaeel Naar, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
The group’s leadership judged that accomplishing their long-term goal—replacing Bashar al-Assad’s regime with an Islamist emirate—would require strategic patience.
—Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2016
Watch on Deadline The largest of the seven emirates making up the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi was the first territory in the Gulf region to offer a cashback rebate in 2013.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2024
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Uzodinma Iweala, Foreign Affairs, 21 June 2022
Israeli news outlets have reported that his car was found abandoned in Al Ain, a city in the adjacent emirate of Abu Dhabi, on the border with Oman.
—Ismaeel Naar, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
The group’s leadership judged that accomplishing their long-term goal—replacing Bashar al-Assad’s regime with an Islamist emirate—would require strategic patience.
—Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2016
Watch on Deadline The largest of the seven emirates making up the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi was the first territory in the Gulf region to offer a cashback rebate in 2013.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emirate
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Among those who suffered most were the Masalit, historically the main tribe in West Darfur and the descendants of a once powerful sultanate that resisted colonization into the 1920s.Jérôme Tubiana, Foreign Affairs, 25 May 2021
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In November 1941, Morocco marked the Feast of the Throne, a holiday held yearly to celebrate Mohammed’s sultanate.Theo Zenou, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Mar. 2024
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The principality also is a culinary destination with restaurants from legendary chefs, including Alain Ducasse’s Le Louis XV and Yannick Alléno’s Pavyllon Monte-Carlo.Jennifer Kester, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
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Various Ukrainian polities followed, including the principality of Galicia-Volhynia and the kingdom of Ruthenia in the medieval period and a Cossack state in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.Georgiy Kasianov, Foreign Affairs, 4 May 2022
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Foreign Magic in Imperial Rome Livia Gershon July 27, 2024 Roman ideas about witchcraft were often associated with distant regions, including India and the Kush kingdom in northeast Africa.The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 23 Dec. 2024
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Zumbi, the hero of the kingdom, is still remembered by most Brazilians as a symbol of the power of Black excellence and leadership.Isaac Mizrahi, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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These alienating qualities don’t hold Prophecy or its characters back; the Sisters’ moral turpitude drives both the empire and the intrigue forward.Emma Stefansky, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2024
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This country has been unfortunate to reside in the overlapping arcs of conquering empires: Russian, Persian, and Ottoman, to name the most recent.Kurt Johnson, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Dec. 2024
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That year was in the middle of the Interregnum, a period when Britain was a republic without a king.Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Nov. 2024
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There are various plots to overthrow the emperors and either wrest control and put the empire in the hands of a single man or return Rome to its days as a republic.Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 20 Nov. 2024
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Some are now demanding the royals reimburse the NHS — and even ditch the duchies altogether.Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 5 Nov. 2024
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The outlet said that the duchies earned about $65 million last year, with the Duchy of Lancaster driving about $35 million for the King and the Duchy of Cornwall making about $30 million for William.Janine Henni, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
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For example, if a buyer searches for a certain keyword and shortlists 5 different names, our AI begins building dynamic associations based on search intent and those domain attributes.Darpan Munjal, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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Nashville's pop progression isn't just the domain anymore of guys running the gamut from rap to rock.Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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The broadcasts have been recorded in advance since 1960 and are shared as a way for the sovereign to reflect on current events, the meaning of Christmas and the landscape of the world's stage.Janine Henni, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
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The sovereign established the charity in 1990 to create improved communities where people, places and the planet can coexist.Janine Henni, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Emirate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emirate. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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