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Recent Examples of principality
The world’s elite flock to the tiny principality on the French Rivera for its sunny weather, sophisticated hotels and casinos, spectacular shopping and other financial reasons.
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Bill Springer, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
With the backing of big-name chefs like Ducasse and the late Joël Robuchon, the petite principality has earned a reputation as a glitzy go-to for gastronomic dining.
—Lane Nieset, Robb Report, 16 Aug. 2024
The principality sent only one athlete — Romano Püntener — to represent it at the Paris Games.
—NBC News, 27 July 2024
But in the late 18th century, the kingdom was absorbed into modern-day Nepal as a principality.
—Gisela Williams, Travel + Leisure, 25 June 2024
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Bill Springer, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
With the backing of big-name chefs like Ducasse and the late Joël Robuchon, the petite principality has earned a reputation as a glitzy go-to for gastronomic dining.
—Lane Nieset, Robb Report, 16 Aug. 2024
The principality sent only one athlete — Romano Püntener — to represent it at the Paris Games.
—NBC News, 27 July 2024
But in the late 18th century, the kingdom was absorbed into modern-day Nepal as a principality.
—Gisela Williams, Travel + Leisure, 25 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for principality
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Some are now demanding the royals reimburse the NHS — and even ditch the duchies altogether.Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 5 Nov. 2024
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The outlet said that the duchies earned about $65 million last year, with the Duchy of Lancaster driving about $35 million for the King and the Duchy of Cornwall making about $30 million for William.Janine Henni, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
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With the kingdom heavily reliant on migrant labor to build its World Cup infrastructure, international rights organizations are warning that the lessons from Qatar's 2022 World Cup have not been learned.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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All seems well as Helm convenes a meeting of Rohan’s great houses meant to map out a plan for the kingdom’s future.Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 11 Dec. 2024
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Among those who suffered most were the Masalit, historically the main tribe in West Darfur and the descendants of a once powerful sultanate that resisted colonization into the 1920s.Jérôme Tubiana, Foreign Affairs, 25 May 2021
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In November 1941, Morocco marked the Feast of the Throne, a holiday held yearly to celebrate Mohammed’s sultanate.Theo Zenou, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Mar. 2024
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Barring a successful appeal, the decision ensures Murdoch's media empire will be left equally to his four oldest children, who are not all ideologically aligned with the conservative views of Rupert and Lachlan.Sara Fischer, Axios, 9 Dec. 2024
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For the Romans, who added Egypt to the empire after Cleopatra’s suicide, the queen was the exotic seducer of both Julius Caesar and Mark Anthony.Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 6 Dec. 2024
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That year was in the middle of the Interregnum, a period when Britain was a republic without a king.Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Nov. 2024
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There are various plots to overthrow the emperors and either wrest control and put the empire in the hands of a single man or return Rome to its days as a republic.Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 20 Nov. 2024
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The sovereign established the charity in 1990 to create improved communities where people, places and the planet can coexist.Janine Henni, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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Increasingly, sovereigns are not renewing treaties or trying to change the terms to limit the circumstances in which claims may be brought.John Quinn, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
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The Trees Arrive Around 50 Million Years Later While sharks expanded their dominion of the seas, the land was barren and inhospitable, with even small plants struggling to gain a foothold.Scott Travers, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
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For now, the pod of orcas continues its dominion over the southern Gulf of California.Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
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Think of an organization in any domain that has achieved something big in the last few decades.Adam Fayed, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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The imposter site was created by a company called Namecheap Inc. on Nov. 22, a week before the Instagram video was shared, according to the domain information tool WHOIS.Hannah Hudnall, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Principality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/principality. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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