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Recent Examples of principality
The principalities in Anatolia also put up a fierce fight against the Ottomans, who conquered the region in the fifteenth century.
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Halil Karaveli, Foreign Affairs, 2 Mar. 2016
This adds six hectares of space to Monaco’s existing 208 hectares (a space only about two-thirds the size of New York’s Central Park), which brings the amount of land Monaco has added over the past sixty years to roughly 25% of the principality’s total size.
—Amy Rose Dobson, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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
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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Halil Karaveli, Foreign Affairs, 2 Mar. 2016
This adds six hectares of space to Monaco’s existing 208 hectares (a space only about two-thirds the size of New York’s Central Park), which brings the amount of land Monaco has added over the past sixty years to roughly 25% of the principality’s total size.
—Amy Rose Dobson, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for principality
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Even in an era of kingdoms and duchies, nobody could afford a Bugatti Royale.—
Raphael Orlove,
Robb Report,
27 Feb. 2025
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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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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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The site was built in the 18th century by a sultanate that still governs the region politically and spiritually.—
Scott Mowbray Amrita Chandradas,
New York Times,
20 Jan. 2025
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Long periods of rule by Portuguese, Dutch, and finally British colonial occupiers were only fully concluded in 1965, when the Maldives became an Islamic sultanate, albeit one not initially included in the British Commonwealth.—
Rob Crossan,
JSTOR Daily,
17 Jan. 2025
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McKinley, after all, presided over America’s 1898 emergence as a colonial empire.—
Robert W. Merry,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
7 Mar. 2025
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But building a criminal empire is expensive, and not just monetarily.—
Taylor Ardrey,
USA TODAY,
7 Mar. 2025
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Since information is power, concentrating unprecedented data in the hands of a private entity with an explicit political agenda represents a profound challenge to the republic.—
Allison Stanger,
The Conversation,
6 Mar. 2025
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Take, for example, Trump’s mid-speech listing of the ages of people that the Social Security Administration believes to still be alive, including some seemingly as old as the republic itself.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Mar. 2025
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The former England soccer captain is an ambassador for The King's Foundation, the sovereign's longtime charity promoting sustainability through practical training, which sent students and alumni to the glam banquet before the King and Queen's trip to Italy in April.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
11 Mar. 2025
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No longer would the sovereign have to beg for funds.—
Andrew Cockburn,
Harper's Magazine,
20 Aug. 2024
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Historically, imperialist leaders have used military conquest, economic coercion or diplomatic pressure to expand their dominions, and justified their foreign incursions as civilizing missions, economic opportunities or national security imperatives.—
Monica Duffy Toft,
The Conversation,
20 Feb. 2025
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Kanye West goes on another antisemitic rant, defends Diddy, declares ‘dominion’ over wife.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 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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“Principality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/principality. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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