baronies

noun

Definition of baroniesnext
plural of barony
as in areas
a region of activity, knowledge, or influence no longer is the city's social and cultural life the barony of a few old-line families

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for baronies
  1. areas
  2. departments
  3. realms
  4. domains
  5. provinces
Noun
  • Meanwhile, Zalando is set to purchase its German rival About You, with plans to grab more European market share and collaborate in areas such as business-to-business, logistics and payments.
    Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Companies, recognizing the economic pressures on their workforce, may establish satellite offices in areas outside Manhattan to reduce the financial strain on their employees.
    Jack Kelly, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of areas
Noun
  • The Committee of Foreign Investment in the United States, which is made up of agencies including the departments of Treasury and Justice, expressed reservations about the deal to the companies in a letter last month.
    Alan Rappeport, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
  • While larger enterprises can dedicate entire departments to address these challenges, 60% of small businesses that experience a successful cyberattack are shuttered within six months, raising the stakes even further.
    Raghu Bongula, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of departments
Noun
  • And so the entire experience was designed to help people understand what these three realms mean to them.
    Charles Moss, SPIN, 23 Dec. 2024
  • In these realms, Archaea—microorganisms similar to, but evolutionarily distinct from, bacteria—thrive.
    Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of realms
Noun
  • Because LLMs are trained on massive datasets, these models can be biased due to the data used to train the models, leading to poor performance in specialized domains.
    Abhi Maheshwari, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
  • However, they are trained on diverse datasets, which can result in a lack of customization for specific enterprise needs, like domains.
    Abhi Maheshwari, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of domains
Noun
  • The Canadian Broadcasting Corp said more than 50 Liberal members of parliament from Ontario - the most populous of the 10 provinces and the party's main stronghold - held a call on Saturday and agreed Trudeau had to step down.
    David Ljunggren, USA TODAY, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Whatever the reasons for the casting decisions, the Roman empire really did house people of innumerable ethnicities in provinces ranging from Scotland to Arabia.
    Jeffrey E. Schulman / Made by History, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of provinces
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