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Recent Examples on the Web The song also puts her in a tie with Enrique Iglesias for the most rulers among all acts, a record the latter has held since 2000. Pamela Bustios, Billboard, 15 Oct. 2024 The genre has not yet boasted more than four rulers in a year. Kevin Rutherford, Billboard, 28 Oct. 2024 Scorpio is lucky enough to have two planetary rulers: Mars and Pluto. Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 21 Oct. 2024 The Rolling Stones are one No. 1 behind The Beatles, with 14 rulers. Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for ruler 
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Noun
  • As monarch, Charles last year drew a private income of £27.4 million (around $35 million) from his Duchy of Lancaster property portfolio while William's Duchy of Cornwall brought in £23.6 million (around $30 million).
    Jack Royston, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The British monarch gave remarks while attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Samoa.
    James Redmayne, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • The sovereign was shown one of Brown's scans, and Long, who won the Australian of the Year Award with Scoyler for their strides to save lives from skin cancer, explained the steps of treatment following a melanoma diagnosis.
    Janine Henni, People.com, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Parliament’s second line of action was to attempt to eliminate the sovereign’s ability to arbitrarily grant monopolies and other licenses.
    Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024
Noun
  • Holiday travel hack:How to avoid lines, high ticket prices | Cruising Altitude All Saints Day goes back to the third or fourth centuries During the year 610, the emperor of Rome gifted the Pantheon to Pope Boniface IV, Rossi said.
    Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024
  • The film stars the peerless Toshiro Mifune — wearing a huge, fluffy red wig, no less — as a samurai who becomes a pawn in a political power struggle when he’s sent to his hometown to announce the emperor’s latest tax cuts.
    Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Photo: Compass This co-op is a true one-bedroom that fits a king bed and has an actually usable dining room-slash-office area off of the kitchen (which isn’t huge but has a good amount of counter space).
    Clio Chang, Curbed, 12 Nov. 2024
  • The king restricted himself to constitutional duties for a period of time, scrapping public visits in the early part of the year following his diagnosis in February.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024

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“Ruler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ruler. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.

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