as in monarchs
one who rules over a people with a sole, supreme, and usually hereditary authority
the aging ruler agonized over the choice of an heir
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Recent Examples of rulers
Yet Gulf rulers also share strategic goals with Israel.
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David Mednicoff, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2025
Inspired by the colonial Singapore gangsters rulers, four girls, at a modern-day regimented elite secondary school form their own gang cam-recording petty acts of rebellion, led by firebrand freethinking lesbian Choo Xin Yu.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025
Pisces transits remind us that endings are beginnings in disguise, and with Jupiter in Cancer as one of the chart rulers of the lunar eclipse, many of us have been feeling emotions rise to the surface in tidal waves this past week.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 7 Sep. 2025
Across centuries, rulers who built their power on fear or oppression seemed immovable in their day.
—John Hope Bryant, Time, 6 Sep. 2025
Writers and rulers across Europe and the Americas have looked back to Virgil’s epic as a model for their own founding myths, in the construction of new nations, new colonies, new empires.
—Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
That’s twice as long as either Patient Number 9 or Scream, his second-longest-running rulers.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
The Illyrians and Romans are considered to be the first rulers of Kotor.
—Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
In it, moving clocks tick more slowly than stationary ones, and rulers shrink.
—Don Lincoln, Big Think, 29 Aug. 2025
David Mednicoff, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2025
Inspired by the colonial Singapore gangsters rulers, four girls, at a modern-day regimented elite secondary school form their own gang cam-recording petty acts of rebellion, led by firebrand freethinking lesbian Choo Xin Yu.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025
Pisces transits remind us that endings are beginnings in disguise, and with Jupiter in Cancer as one of the chart rulers of the lunar eclipse, many of us have been feeling emotions rise to the surface in tidal waves this past week.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 7 Sep. 2025
Across centuries, rulers who built their power on fear or oppression seemed immovable in their day.
—John Hope Bryant, Time, 6 Sep. 2025
Writers and rulers across Europe and the Americas have looked back to Virgil’s epic as a model for their own founding myths, in the construction of new nations, new colonies, new empires.
—Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
That’s twice as long as either Patient Number 9 or Scream, his second-longest-running rulers.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
The Illyrians and Romans are considered to be the first rulers of Kotor.
—Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
In it, moving clocks tick more slowly than stationary ones, and rulers shrink.
—Don Lincoln, Big Think, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rulers
Noun
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Neither a Muslim majority democratic government nor a more hard-line nationalist variant in Iran would sit well with nearby Gulf monarchs.—
David Mednicoff,
The Conversation,
9 Sep. 2025
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That those women and men who died to end slavery, to win basic rights, to win the vote, to dethrone monarchs and destroy the ancien régime, to fight Czarism and fascism and Nazism and imperialism and apartheid, were in some way our moral betters.—
Jack Sheehan
September 4,
Literary Hub,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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On November 25, the La Liga holders travel to Stamford Bridge for a mouthwatering clash with the reigning Club World Cup kings.—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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The Stars and Stripes will face off against the Tigers of Asia for the first time in more than a decade as two continental kings collide at Sports Illustrated Stadium.—
Kilty Cleary,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Sep. 2025
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Credit rating agencies are sharpening their focus on climate vulnerability, raising questions about whether sectors or sovereigns with large protection gaps could face higher borrowing costs.—
Felicia Jackson,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Japan traditionally had male emperors, but female succession was permitted.—
Mari Yamaguchi,
Twin Cities,
6 Sep. 2025
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For centuries, the land was the private dwelling of emperors and pontiffs until 2014, when Pope Francis opened the papal gardens to the public.—
Angie Leventis Lourgos,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Rulers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rulers. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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