as in area
a region of activity, knowledge, or influence
you'll have to ask that guy—the project is his fiefdom
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Recent Examples of fiefdom
Maybe allowing one man to turn an authoritarian system that was benefiting myriad interest groups into a personalist fiefdom that risks everything isn’t such a good idea, after all.
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Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 6 Apr. 2022
Forward on Arsenal contract ‘mistake’, life in Saudi, robbery in Barcelona
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is a defining footnote in the story of how Arsenal became Mikel Arteta’s fiefdom.
—Phil Hay, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
Four days after the fall of the Assad dynasty in Syria, the foreign powers that have carved the Arab-majority country up into competing fiefdoms are still trying to come to terms with a dizzying situation.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
The culprit for Intel’s woes comes from a different place — an organizational structure and compensation system that pits internal fiefdoms against each other, says an industry expert who requested anonymity to maintain his relationship with the company.
—Peter Cohan, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
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Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 6 Apr. 2022
Forward on Arsenal contract ‘mistake’, life in Saudi, robbery in Barcelona
Getty Images; design: Eamonn Dalton
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is a defining footnote in the story of how Arsenal became Mikel Arteta’s fiefdom.
—Phil Hay, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
Four days after the fall of the Assad dynasty in Syria, the foreign powers that have carved the Arab-majority country up into competing fiefdoms are still trying to come to terms with a dizzying situation.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
The culprit for Intel’s woes comes from a different place — an organizational structure and compensation system that pits internal fiefdoms against each other, says an industry expert who requested anonymity to maintain his relationship with the company.
—Peter Cohan, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fiefdom
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Machado, a 38-year-old man from Manassas, was stopped by ICE agents while on his way to work in an area where large-scale immigration operations were ongoing.—
Hannah Parry,
Newsweek,
10 Mar. 2025
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An adjacent dining area has a custom wet bar concealed behind closet doors.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
10 Mar. 2025
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One reason Miéville attracts this kind of discussion is because his work puts him in the realm of authors like Ursula K. Le Guin, Samuel Delaney and William Gibson, who trade in big ideas rather than genre tropes.—
Rob Salkowitz,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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The first film saw the Outworld sorcerer Shang Tsung (Chin Han) and his forces attempt to wipe out Earth's champions before the big Mortal Kombat tournament between fighters from different realms.—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
17 Mar. 2025
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The Legislature doesn’t have control over property taxes, which are the domain of local governments.—
Alexandra Glorioso,
Miami Herald,
11 Mar. 2025
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Like Pac-Man, this domain closes around reactants and reopens to release products.—
Priyanka Naik,
The Conversation,
7 Mar. 2025
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Weiss, the team’s quarterbacks coach and co-offensive coordinator, was originally put on leave in January 2023 while the school’s police department investigated unspecified computer access crimes.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
21 Mar. 2025
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Ali Adamson, a spokesperson for the police department.—
Angie DiMichele,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Mar. 2025
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The best among them can turn the disparate elements of theater into something seamlessly whole.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2025
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The salt accord therefore brings in that human, animalistic element but in a much lighter way.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
19 Mar. 2025
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In a kingdom where beauty is a brutal business, Elvira will compete with the beautiful and enchanting Agnes to become the belle of the ball.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
13 Mar. 2025
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By 1953, as decolonization swept the world, the Danish government, loath to give up ninety-eight per cent of its landmass, made Greenland a semi-autonomous part of its kingdom but retained de-facto control.—
Louise Bokkenheuser,
The New Yorker,
11 Mar. 2025
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He’s minimized the walks, partly due to his willingness to use his curveball early in counts for strikes to get ahead and grab count leverage.—
Fabian Ardaya,
The Athletic,
14 Mar. 2025
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These recipes, nostalgic as well as filling, are like a walk down memory lane with every bite.—
Mary Alice Russell,
Southern Living,
14 Mar. 2025
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Ellie McCuskey-Hay, St. Ignatius track and field: McCuskey-Hay won three events for SI in a dual meet against Presentation on Tuesday.—
Christian Babcock,
The Mercury News,
20 Mar. 2025
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Subdivisions are often built on old, exhausted agricultural fields.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 Mar. 2025
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