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Recent Examples of sultanate
The couple, who per Tatler are first cousins, began their wedding festivities in the independent sultanate on the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia on Jan. 8.
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Alexandra Schonfeld, Peoplemag, 25 May 2023
The images correspond to known landmarks around Sohar, the first major city people enter in the sultanate after crossing the border from neighboring United Arab Emirates.
—Jon Gambrell, Star Tribune, 24 May 2021
Once a sultanate, Ilisu features quaint stone houses and thermal springs that are said to have healing properties.
—Nell Lewis, CNN, 28 Apr. 2023
In the 1950s, as Africans across the continent began agitating for independence, Zanzibar witnessed an increasingly bloody struggle for democratic rule that would put an end to a sultanate that — backed by British colonial administrators — had ruled for 100 years.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 12 Sep. 2021
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Alexandra Schonfeld, Peoplemag, 25 May 2023
The images correspond to known landmarks around Sohar, the first major city people enter in the sultanate after crossing the border from neighboring United Arab Emirates.
—Jon Gambrell, Star Tribune, 24 May 2021
Once a sultanate, Ilisu features quaint stone houses and thermal springs that are said to have healing properties.
—Nell Lewis, CNN, 28 Apr. 2023
In the 1950s, as Africans across the continent began agitating for independence, Zanzibar witnessed an increasingly bloody struggle for democratic rule that would put an end to a sultanate that — backed by British colonial administrators — had ruled for 100 years.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 12 Sep. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sultanate
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Princess Charlene and Princess Gabriella of Monaco are celebrating the principality's National Day in mother-daughter style that's totally très chic.Janine Henni, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
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Over the next 200 years, in much the same way, many nation-states would replace principalities, kingdoms, empires, and colonies that had existed for centuries.Mark Mazower, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2021
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With the kingdom heavily reliant on migrant labor to build its World Cup infrastructure, international rights organizations are warning that the lessons from Qatar's 2022 World Cup have not been learned.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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All seems well as Helm convenes a meeting of Rohan’s great houses meant to map out a plan for the kingdom’s future.Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 11 Dec. 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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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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Established in 2002 by the Government of Dubai to support the emirate’s growing commodity trade, DMCC has evolved into an economic powerhouse.Irina Heaver, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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Image Rabbi Kogan, 28, went missing on Thursday and was last reported seen in Dubai, the most populous of the nation’s seven emirates, according to an Israeli official.Ismaeel Naar, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
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Barring a successful appeal, the decision ensures Murdoch's media empire will be left equally to his four oldest children, who are not all ideologically aligned with the conservative views of Rupert and Lachlan.Sara Fischer, Axios, 9 Dec. 2024
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Lisa Frank was very hands-on in the early days of running her rainbow empire.Angela Andaloro, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024
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Think of an organization in any domain that has achieved something big in the last few decades.Adam Fayed, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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The imposter site was created by a company called Namecheap Inc. on Nov. 22, a week before the Instagram video was shared, according to the domain information tool WHOIS.Hannah Hudnall, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
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The Trees Arrive Around 50 Million Years Later While sharks expanded their dominion of the seas, the land was barren and inhospitable, with even small plants struggling to gain a foothold.Scott Travers, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
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For now, the pod of orcas continues its dominion over the southern Gulf of California.Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Sultanate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sultanate. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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