as in family
a group of people who are related that maintain a powerful position for a long time
The latest heirs of the ruling dynasty have no interest in ceding their position of authority over the land.
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Recent Examples of dynasty
Even a Hollywood dynasty gets tired of rewatching their iconic films.
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Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 18 Feb. 2025
There's the twangy Ratliff family − Timothy (Jason Isaacs), Victoria (Parker Posey), Saxon (Patrick Schwarzenegger), Piper (Sarah Catherine Hook) and Lachlan (Sam Nivola) − a North Carolinian dynasty humoring their daughter's interest in Buddhism.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2025
Not that Kelce would complain about it, but the Chiefs’ dynasty that Kelce helped to create has exacted a stiff price.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2025
But the dynasty thing, you can’t get caught up in that.
—Scott Thompson, Fox News, 14 Feb. 2025
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Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 18 Feb. 2025
There's the twangy Ratliff family − Timothy (Jason Isaacs), Victoria (Parker Posey), Saxon (Patrick Schwarzenegger), Piper (Sarah Catherine Hook) and Lachlan (Sam Nivola) − a North Carolinian dynasty humoring their daughter's interest in Buddhism.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2025
Not that Kelce would complain about it, but the Chiefs’ dynasty that Kelce helped to create has exacted a stiff price.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2025
But the dynasty thing, you can’t get caught up in that.
—Scott Thompson, Fox News, 14 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dynasty
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Yet the character genuinely loves his family, including younger siblings Piper (Sarah Catherine Hook), a college student, and teenager Lochlan (Sam Nivola).—
Bryan Alexander,
USA TODAY,
19 Feb. 2025
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Nay and his family moved from Kentucky to Star to help get LifeSpring off the ground after the former church at the site, one of the oldest in the state, endured internal conflict and aging membership.—
Sarah Cutler,
Idaho Statesman,
18 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Scott MacArthur As Ness Gordon Best known for: The Righteous Gemstones, No Hard Feelings Scott MacArthur appears as Ness Gordon, another member of the Gordon clan who is the general manager of the Waves.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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The Marriott hotel clan, now Marriott International based in Bethesda, Maryland, eyed the once-rural property between Routes 21 and 22, and the Des Plaines River in the late 1960s.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Feb. 2025
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Now the homeowner is requesting permission from the local council, to rezone the historic property as three houses and a cottage.—
Madeline Fitzgerald,
Quartz,
18 Feb. 2025
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At its Berlin premiere, the film received a packed house and an emotional response from audiences.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
18 Feb. 2025
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So, too, did anticolonial nationalists in the twentieth century conceive of their battles against Western empires in this way.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
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Taiwan was clearly an outpost of American empire, but the U.S. presence was benevolent in certain ways.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
The New Yorker,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Dynasty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dynasty. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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