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Recent Examples of sultanate
Iran and the United States will hold talks in the sultanate of Oman on Saturday in an attempt to jump-start negotiations over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program.
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Associated Press, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
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
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
The sultanate of Oman, on the eastern edge of the Arabian Peninsula, did not acknowledge taking in the prisoners early Tuesday.
—Lilith Foster-Collins, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
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Associated Press, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
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
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
The sultanate of Oman, on the eastern edge of the Arabian Peninsula, did not acknowledge taking in the prisoners early Tuesday.
—Lilith Foster-Collins, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sultanate
Noun
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Something akin to the French Riviera or the principality of Monaco.—
Frank Miele,
Orlando Sentinel,
13 Mar. 2025
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When incorporated in 1984 in the principality of Liechtenstein, Acemex Management Company Limited was created as a means of survival.—
Kevin G. Hall,
Miami Herald,
16 Apr. 2025
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But in November 2023, the gilded walls of Combs' music kingdom came crashing down.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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The series ends with Simone standing outside Cliff House as the sun sets over the island, the new queen of this kingdom.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
23 May 2025
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That’s because prior to its 1861 unification, the Italian peninsula was fragmented into several kingdoms, duchies, and city-states, each with its landscape, culture, food, and grapes.—
Lauren Mowery,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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The duchy is a private estate owned by the British royal family, and was established by King Edward III in 1337 as a means to provide income for the heir to the throne.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
28 Jan. 2025
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The republic will still stand if ICE respects the state bench and state procedures.—
Tovia Smith,
NPR,
17 May 2025
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On Tuesday, the Russian republic of Buryatia declared a regional-level state of emergency on Tuesday and closed all access to the forests, state news agency RIA Novosti reported.—
Caitlin Danaher,
CNN Money,
14 May 2025
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Last week saw the emirate host the 18th edition of Art Dubai, a key pillar in the region’s cultural economy and the main commercial art fair in the Middle East.—
Ritu Upadhyay,
Footwear News,
2 May 2025
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By Thomas Buckley, Bloomberg Walt Disney Co. announced plans for its first theme park in the Middle East, a sprawling resort property in the emirate of Abu Dhabi.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
7 May 2025
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The Buc-ee's empire expands: Where is the beloved convenience store opening next? Product price markups vary, but Target says Target Circle 360 members will save nearly $20 per order with this new perk.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
20 May 2025
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By then, the French had been struggling for years to break the Spanish monopoly on what had become a lucrative spice, planting vanilla in the tropical outposts of their own empire.—
Jay Cheshes,
Smithsonian Magazine,
20 May 2025
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As described, Golden Dome would use the sensors in a layered approach in which they are installed on a variety of platforms in multiple domains, including ground, sea, air and space.—
Iain Boyd,
The Conversation,
22 May 2025
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In the 10,000 sample records there were 220 email addresses with .gov domains.—
Matt Burgess,
Wired News,
22 May 2025
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Indian spirituality, with its emphasis on the interconnectedness of life, was an important check on the hubris of American individualism and biblical notions of how the world had been given by God to man to have dominion over.—
Andrew Moore,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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By making his milieu familiar to a modern audience, Hytner and Bailey ignore the profound strangeness of Richard, who gains dominion over himself only by letting a nation slip through his fingers.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Sultanate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sultanate. Accessed 30 May. 2025.
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