sultana

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Recent Examples of sultana However, sultanas are generally sweeter and softer than their darker counterparts. Lauren O'Connor, Ms, Health, 29 Sep. 2024 Per 100-g serving, raisins and sultanas are similar in calories, protein, and sugars. Lauren O'Connor, Ms, Health, 29 Sep. 2024 It is finished with hints of honey, and encountered with a soft, lingering finish reminiscent of plump sultanas and ripe cherries. Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 6 Sep. 2024 In another example of Islamic women rulers’ reach, a century after Zumurrud, Shajar al-Durr ruled independently as the sultana of Egypt, albeit for only three months. Katherine Pangonis, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Feb. 2022 Due to an 18th-century mania for all things Turkish, the French trendsetter Madame de Pompadour (left) chose to be painted as a sultana. Nancy MacDonell, WSJ, 1 July 2021 Those pirates thrived under the protection of the island’s capricious sultana, cruel in her poverty, weakness, fearful isolation, and unnatural state of unmarried womanly rule. New York Times, 11 Feb. 2020 Savory pies and Christmas puddings All grapes, raisins, currants and sultanas are toxic to dogs; as are foods that contain them – which means no mince pies for your pooch. 3. Htv National Desk, Houston Chronicle, 12 Dec. 2019 Raisins, sultanas, currants and grapes, which can make pets very sick. Sarah Ladd, The Courier-Journal, 4 Dec. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sultana
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
  • 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
  • The crown prince lives in exile until this day, unable to return to his home country of Iran.
    Rachel Wolf, Fox News, 19 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • His successor, Sheikh Haibatullah Akhunzada, whose son became a suicide bomber, is an austere cleric who has adopted the reclusive mystique of the original amir.
    New York Times, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2022
  • The amir of Kabul bought bicycles for his entire harem.
    National Geographic, National Geographic, 17 June 2020
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
  • Yet despite his misgivings, Mr. Carter granted the shah’s request.
    Peter Baker, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Some critics, including Kissinger, believe that Carter’s human rights policy undermined the shah.
    Stuart E. Eisenstat, Foreign Affairs, 20 May 2024
Noun
  • King, kaiser, czar, empire, democracy, European civilization, national honor—the reasons, in hindsight, make no sense.
    George Packer, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Doorn’s most famous citizen at the time was Wilhelm II, the German kaiser (emperor) and king of Prussia from 1888 to 1918, who was living there in exile.
    Linda Chase, Sun Sentinel, 26 Aug. 2024
Noun
  • The industry legend and king of deadpan humor accidentally crashed Jessica Williams’s big moment at the SAG Awards, and their interaction about it was just delightful.
    Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 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
  • While President Biden, President-elect Trump, and Qatar’s emir announced Wednesday that a deal had been reached between Israel and Hamas, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delayed beginning the internal Israeli process of approving the deal.
    Laura Kelly, The Hill, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Following the massacre, al Nusra appointed a new emir for the area, Abu Qatada al-Iraqi (not to be confused with ISIS' emir in Mosul).
    Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2015

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“Sultana.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sultana. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.

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