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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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Critics pointed to his role in the dissolution of the monasteries, an initiative of the English Reformation that saw most of the kingdom’s abbeys and priories shut down, their art and relics destroyed and their wealth diverted to fill the king’s coffers.—
Meilan Solly,
Smithsonian Magazine,
20 Mar. 2025
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These included newspapers from the northern kingdom, and royal almanacs that the king had kept.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
20 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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While notable alum Sean McManus (’77) is no longer at the helm of the CBS Sports empire, Michigan grad David Berson wouldn’t say no to a Blue Devils-Wolverines final.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
21 Mar. 2025
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If a sheep dies at the very edge of the empire, it will be noted.—
Francesca Aton,
ARTnews.com,
20 Mar. 2025
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Longtime Prime Minister Keith Rowley, who had served nearly 10 years governing the oil-rich republic as head of the People’s National Movement, had taken the unusual step of resigning from office.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
18 Mar. 2025
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But as a matter of context, there is a difference between the principled partisans of the early republic, the professional analysts of the 20th century, and an owner who demands his media outlet’s opinions should be limited to his preferences.—
Joseph Jones,
The Conversation,
17 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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For a long time, video games were seen as the domain of young White men.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN,
23 Mar. 2025
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In exploring this connectivity, Lindeman extends the reach of her music further than ever, while also continuing to grow the Weather Station’s sound into a vespertine orchestral domain all its own.—
Sheldon Pearce,
The New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Principality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/principality. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.
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