empress

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Recent Examples of empress Archaeologists subsequently uncovered a platform at the site with statue bases inscribed with the names of 14 Roman emperors and empresses. Patricia Failing, ARTnews.com, 21 Oct. 2024 Directed by Scott's son, Jake Scott, Kelce stars in the commercial as a gladiator alongside the other athletes and Megan, 29, who plays an empress. Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2024 Partnering with Pepsi, the Houston rapper sits as an empress, celebrating the return of the NFL season and the release of Paramount Pictures’ Gladiator II in theaters this fall. Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 5 Sep. 2024 But in all the nation's imperial history, there has never been a single emperor or empress from the matrilineal line, said Japan Today. Harriet Marsden, The Week Uk, theweek, 1 May 2024 See All Example Sentences for empress
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Noun
  • It was commissioned by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his favorite wife and later became his own resting place, as well.
    Morgan Goldberg, Architectural Digest, 25 Feb. 2025
  • In a final act of capitulation, the seven-year-old Song emperor, Zhao Bing, drowned himself to evade capture by the Mongol navy.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Saudi state media described the talks as happening at the prince's direction.
    Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports, arkansasonline.com, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Led by the crown prince, the Saudi Public Investment Fund reportedly invested $2 billion in Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner's private equity firm after Mr. Trump left the White House in 2021.
    Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • To deliver the ransom, her royal labrys, the titular princess has just 24 hours to reach the Straight White Maliens and hand over the most powerful weapon known to lesbian kind.
    David Opie, IndieWire, 18 Feb. 2025
  • The portraits of Kate come one month after the princess announced that her cancer is in remission.
    Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • While Jon is bound to leadership by a sense of duty, Daenerys sees herself as a liberator, a queen steeped in moral righteousness who freed slaves across the sea for the greater good.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 14 July 2017
  • THE TRENDSETTER Salt & Straw is the homecoming queen of ice cream in LA.
    Cole Kazdin, Los Angeles Magazine, 14 July 2017
Noun
  • The accommodations here range from king and double oceanfront rooms to the incredible ocean suites.
    Robin Raven, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
  • This year's drama king has been crowned at the 2025 Screen Actors Guild Awards.
    Julia Moore, People.com, 24 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The Blue Mosque was built by Sultan Ahmet I, the Ottoman Empire’s sultan between 1603 and 1617.
    Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 12 Dec. 2024
  • The sultan is the second-longest reigning monarch, following the late Queen Elizabeth II.
    Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 29 Aug. 2024
Noun
  • Border czar Tom Homan told Fox News the operation was part of a larger criminal investigation into a network, and a lot of the people of interest were located in the Colony Ridge area.
    Greg Wehner, Fox News, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Other administration officials who participated included White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt and border czar Tom Homan.
    Alex Isenstadt, Axios, 27 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • By contrast, given Russia's dominant role in the CU, joining that group would transform Yanukovych into a satrap of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, whom Yanukovych regards as the avatar of Russian arrogance.
    Rajan Menon, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2011
  • The quick collapse of the Soviet Union and its Eastern European satraps unsettled both nations.
    Christian Schneider, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023

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“Empress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/empress. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.

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