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also diarchy
as in oligarchy
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Noun
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As this theory went, an unbalanced government would descend into tyranny with a too-powerful monarch; oligarchy under a dominant aristocratic class; or anarchy with the people out of control.—
Carla Gardina Pestana,
The Conversation,
20 Mar. 2025 -
Our current president is overturning our government into an oligarchy, women and femmes are seeing their body autonomy stripped away, and there’s a culture war against trans and LGBTQ+ people.—
Melanie Curry,
refinery29.com,
17 Feb. 2025
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The sovereign is known to reach for watercolors and has brought his paint set along for royal tours all over the world through the years.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
20 Feb. 2025
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Kerl will be in Sydney on Tuesday to try to meet the 75-year-old British sovereign again during his first tour to a Commonwealth realm since acceding the throne.—
Hilary Whiteman,
CNN,
18 Oct. 2024
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The digital age thrives on collaboration, not dictatorship.—
Nono Bokete,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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The film makes more than a token effort to explore the material and psychological realities of life under fascist rule, and the transformation of a charming agrarian utopia into an austere military dictatorship.—
Justin Chang,
The New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2025
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The ex-House member is by no means the only one with confirmation troubles potentially coming their way; Senate GOP sources view her as being part of a triumvirate of nominees who will have issues in the coming months.—
Al Weaver,
The Hill,
4 Dec. 2024
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But the triumvirate of blockbuster hopefuls is changing the dynamic, and should result in a holiday week box office haul of over $315 million, setting a new milestone.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
28 Nov. 2024
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This system, known as limited monarchy, was the pride of Great Britain.—
Carla Gardina Pestana,
The Conversation,
20 Mar. 2025
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These are to monopolies as oligarchies — rule by a few — are to monarchies.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
9 Mar. 2025
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The cybersecurity industry is facing a critical shortage of skilled professionals as threats from nation-state actors and cybercriminals escalate fueled by easy access to AI tools.—
Emil Sayegh,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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But senior government officials ought to regard themselves as highly targeted and of exceptional interest to nation-state attackers such as the Chinese operatives that attempted to compromise Trump’s phone last summer.—
Rob Pegoraro,
PCMAG,
18 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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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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If a single article could utterly destigmatize an intrinsic aspect of the female experience, imagine how many other domains of misunderstood experience journalists could illuminate similarly!—
Katie Whyatt,
The Athletic,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Dyarchy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dyarchy. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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