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Recent Examples of regnant
Within many of our most crucial institutions, suppositions that would have been considered the height of lunacy even a few years ago have become regnant overnight.
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Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 27 June 2023
This was not always the case in Japan — there have been eight empresses regnant throughout history — but the Imperial Household Law introduced in 1947 restricts the throne to the male line of succession and requires women who marry outside of the family to leave.
—Emily Krauser, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2023
Good luck with that: With too few exceptions, the Obama–Biden theory of Iran is the regnant Democratic theory of Iran.
—Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 19 Mar. 2022
The trope tends to elegize artists who are perceived to be ahead of their time or otherwise inimical to regnant conventions.
—Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 19 July 2021
Their leaders speak with a regnant air, hammering the notion that their return to power is all but inevitable.
—Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2021
The people that once boldly threw off the tyranny of a distant monarch now seem to be meekly submitting to the diktats of a regnant class and ideology that tolerate less independence of thought and action than King George III did.
—Gerard Baker, WSJ, 12 Apr. 2021
The regnant ideology never cites real-world examples.
—Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 19 Sep. 2020
According to the Telegraph’s Dalya Alberge, the cloth likely landed in Bacton thanks to the village’s association with Blanche Parry, one of the Tudor regnant’s longtime attendants.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian, 15 Aug. 2019
Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 27 June 2023
This was not always the case in Japan — there have been eight empresses regnant throughout history — but the Imperial Household Law introduced in 1947 restricts the throne to the male line of succession and requires women who marry outside of the family to leave.
—Emily Krauser, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2023
Good luck with that: With too few exceptions, the Obama–Biden theory of Iran is the regnant Democratic theory of Iran.
—Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 19 Mar. 2022
The trope tends to elegize artists who are perceived to be ahead of their time or otherwise inimical to regnant conventions.
—Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 19 July 2021
Their leaders speak with a regnant air, hammering the notion that their return to power is all but inevitable.
—Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2021
The people that once boldly threw off the tyranny of a distant monarch now seem to be meekly submitting to the diktats of a regnant class and ideology that tolerate less independence of thought and action than King George III did.
—Gerard Baker, WSJ, 12 Apr. 2021
The regnant ideology never cites real-world examples.
—Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 19 Sep. 2020
According to the Telegraph’s Dalya Alberge, the cloth likely landed in Bacton thanks to the village’s association with Blanche Parry, one of the Tudor regnant’s longtime attendants.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian, 15 Aug. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for regnant
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Advertisement While Fox News is more dominant than ever in the ratings, its corporate parent, Fox Corp., also faces uncertainty.Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
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When his family is murdered and child kidnapped, a Neanderthal goes on an epic rampage journey to save her from the new dominant species.Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 10 Dec. 2024
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The foreign sovereign debt is now one of Latin America’s largest, at more than four hundred billion dollars.Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
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The yield on the country’s 10-year sovereign bond quickly sank to 6.74% after the release, from around 6.8%.Lim Hui Jie,Matt Clinch, CNBC, 29 Nov. 2024
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However, these high-capacity SSDs may provide some secondary storage, where the highest storage density in racks and somewhat lower operating power is a predominant requirement, rather than the price of storage.Thomas Coughlin, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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Though Dyche has used Branthwaite extensively, and points to his work with young defenders such as Nathan Collins and Michael Keane, as well as Dwight McNeil, during his time at previous club Burnley, these rare success stories are exceptions to the rule rather than the predominant pattern.Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024
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Another Dyson vacuum for people with pets, this one stands out thanks to its supreme suction power.Sarah Madaus, Architectural Digest, 2 Dec. 2024
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Iran’s supreme leader has still vowed to further retaliate against Israel, part of a back-and-forth since April that has drawn in the U.S. to help defend Israel against Iranian missiles.Laura Kelly, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Regnant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regnant. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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