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1
as in main
coming before all others in importance
the sovereign issue for voters is the inadequate performance of the local schools
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2
as in autonomous
not being under the rule or control of another
a sovereign state whose domestic policies are its own business
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as in ruler
one who rules over a people with a sole, supreme, and usually hereditary authority
after the current sovereign dies, the monarchy may be abolished
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Recent Examples of sovereign
Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 19 Feb. 2025
Trump himself has pledged to end the war between Russia and Ukraine, which began almost exactly three years ago when Russian troops invaded their sovereign neighbor.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025
Janine Henni, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Downgrade makes borrowing harder for the sovereign.
—Ann Rutledge, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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Adjective
The Future Investment Initiative Institute is a nonprofit organization controlled by the Public Investment Fund, Saudi Arabia’s main sovereign wealth fund.
—Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 19 Feb. 2025
Trump himself has pledged to end the war between Russia and Ukraine, which began almost exactly three years ago when Russian troops invaded their sovereign neighbor.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025
Noun
Princess Beatrice Suddenly Changes Christmas Plans Due to Pregnancy
The Christmas broadcast is one of the British sovereign's most famous holiday traditions, which King George V kicked off in 1932 and Queen Elizabeth televised for the first time in 1957.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Downgrade makes borrowing harder for the sovereign.
—Ann Rutledge, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sovereign
Adjective
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While The Charlotte Observer cannot confirm or deny the hyperbole, two things can be proven in regards to the downtown main street: infrastructure construction is complete and many more people are calling Union Street home.—
Desiree Mathurin,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Feb. 2025
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The group was dealt another blow with the fall of the Assad family's five-decade rule in Syria in early December, which blocked a main route for the flow of weapons and money from Iran.—
BASSEM MROUE,
arkansasonline.com,
24 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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To put this in perspective, autonomous vehicles in the commercial area will do about 15 million miles of driving in a virtual world in an hour of training on the cloud.—
Megan Poinski,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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Scientists do not yet know how to guarantee that autonomous agents won't use harmful or unethical methods to achieve a set goal.—
Harry Booth,
TIME,
19 Feb. 2025
Noun
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But in the eyes of Egypt’s rulers after the 1952 revolution, economic development was the real key to modernity.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
21 Feb. 2025
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Now, she's passed the Queen of Pop's 12 rulers, establishing herself as the female act with the greatest number of No. 1s.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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In the past two years, 55% to 60% of clients have been men who cited sports wagering as their primary type of gambling, Whelan said.—
Ken Alltucker,
USA TODAY,
17 Feb. 2025
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The motion also would have quashed the grand jury selected to investigate the Jan. 16 Democratic primary runoff for the 21st District senatorial seat.—
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette,
arkansasonline.com,
17 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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When this proved inadequate, the Constitution made the presidency separate from the Congress and gave the office significant independent powers and vigor.—
The Editors,
National Review,
17 Feb. 2025
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In a separate note on Monday, analysts at Germany’s Mwb Research upgraded their price target for Hensoldt to 45 euros ($47.12) per share from 43 euros per share, but downgraded the stock from a buy to a hold.—
Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
17 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Depending on the documentation, the monarch only ruled over ancient Egypt for 13 years (1493-1479 BCE) at most, and possibly as little as three (1482-1479 BCE).—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
19 Feb. 2025
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Various monarchs of the Russian Empire repeatedly tried to conquer Finland.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA TODAY,
15 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Before becoming one of America’s foremost historians, a Pulitzer Prize winner and writer of seminal books on Abraham Lincoln (a basis for the Steven Spielberg film Lincoln), Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Teddy Roosevelt and Johnson, Kearns Goodwin became a White House Fellow under LBJ.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
14 Feb. 2025
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At his death in 1996, he was considered one of the country’s foremost historians of the Black experience in America.—
Jeffrey Boutwell,
Baltimore Sun,
12 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Huemer started out in the independent film scene of 1980s New York, directing fourteen feature films before pivoting to engineering and industrial leadership.—
Kody Boye,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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His appearance seems designed to ape that of a poet or independent artist: Oryeong even notes this about his facial hair.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
20 Feb. 2025
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“Sovereign.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sovereign. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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