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Recent Examples of satrap
By contrast, given Russia's dominant role in the CU, joining that group would transform Yanukovych into a satrap of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, whom Yanukovych regards as the avatar of Russian arrogance.
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Rajan Menon, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2011
The quick collapse of the Soviet Union and its Eastern European satraps unsettled both nations.
—Christian Schneider, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
What cues will America’s adversaries take if an Iranian satrap is allowed to establish an inviolable sphere of influence off Yemen’s coasts?
—The Editors, National Review, 20 Dec. 2023
The Belarusian leader, Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, is viewed largely as the Kremlin’s docile satrap.
—Valerie Hopkins, New York Times, 25 June 2023
The Belarusian leader, Alexander Lukashenko, is viewed largely as the Kremlin’s docile satrap.
—Valerie Hopkins, BostonGlobe.com, 25 June 2023
Backed by an expansive and brutal security system, Mr. Lukashenko shows no sign of losing his grip at home, if at the cost of becoming Mr. Putin’s enfeebled satrap.
—New York Times, 19 Feb. 2022
The 67-year-old sideline satrap enters the year with a career 292-134 record.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2019
Begelman was neither the first nor the last in a long line of Hollywood satraps who’ve triggered their own downfall.
—Stephen Galloway, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Aug. 2019
Rajan Menon, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2011
The quick collapse of the Soviet Union and its Eastern European satraps unsettled both nations.
—Christian Schneider, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
What cues will America’s adversaries take if an Iranian satrap is allowed to establish an inviolable sphere of influence off Yemen’s coasts?
—The Editors, National Review, 20 Dec. 2023
The Belarusian leader, Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, is viewed largely as the Kremlin’s docile satrap.
—Valerie Hopkins, New York Times, 25 June 2023
The Belarusian leader, Alexander Lukashenko, is viewed largely as the Kremlin’s docile satrap.
—Valerie Hopkins, BostonGlobe.com, 25 June 2023
Backed by an expansive and brutal security system, Mr. Lukashenko shows no sign of losing his grip at home, if at the cost of becoming Mr. Putin’s enfeebled satrap.
—New York Times, 19 Feb. 2022
The 67-year-old sideline satrap enters the year with a career 292-134 record.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2019
Begelman was neither the first nor the last in a long line of Hollywood satraps who’ve triggered their own downfall.
—Stephen Galloway, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Aug. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for satrap
Noun
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The public halls all have soaring ceilings covered with original 16th-century frescos and are lined with stately marble busts of ancient Roman emperors and military heroes.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Apr. 2025
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When the basilica was erected, Constantinople, perched at the eastern end of the European continent and named after emperor Constantine the Great, was one of the most important capitals of Christendom.—
Danuta Hamlin,
FOXNews.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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And here is the reigning plus-minus king for both Dubuque and Western Michigan.—
Scott Wheeler,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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The king was photographed meeting Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni in Rome on Wednesday, at a time of international turmoil brought on by Donald Trump's tariffs.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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In February of last year, Harry’s claim was dismissed, a decision which the prince appealed.—
Ellise Shafer,
Variety,
8 Apr. 2025
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Stuart’s prince is suave, worldly, world-weary, charismatic — every inch a prince, really.—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
7 Apr. 2025
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Witkoff went from Qatar to Israel on Saturday and insisted on having a meeting with the prime minister on the afternoon of the Jewish sabbath—a violation of Israeli protocol rudely designed to remind Netanyahu who was the vassal and who was the suzerain.—
Gershom Gorenberg,
The Atlantic,
16 Jan. 2025
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Citizens of countries historically exploited by the West face higher financial and bureaucratic hurdles to access facilities and resources concentrated in their former suzerain.—
WIRED,
WIRED,
26 Aug. 2022
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Rather, throughout the 50 years of Sultan Qaboos’s reign, there was an effort to keep Omani culture intact, while modernizing to have the best of things (including, in Muscat, a dazzling opera house, a passion project for the music-loving sultan).—
Chris Wallace,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Apr. 2025
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Some secular nationalists even went as far as to claim that Ottoman sultans such as Mehmet the Conqueror had invented religious tolerance and helped inspire the European Renaissance.—
Nick Danforth,
Foreign Affairs,
6 Jan. 2015
Noun
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His successor, Sheikh Haibatullah Akhunzada, whose son became a suicide bomber, is an austere cleric who has adopted the reclusive mystique of the original amir.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
8 Aug. 2022
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The amir of Kabul bought bicycles for his entire harem.—
National Geographic,
National Geographic,
17 June 2020
Noun
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If physics is the queen of science, then mathematics is the empress.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
16 Jan. 2025
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She was set to flee the country to escape the clutches of an ancient evil empress who happened to be her wicked stepmother.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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The Qatari palace said the emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, met with Hamas' delegation in Doha as well as with Witkoff and Brett McGurk, President Joe Biden's top Middle East adviser.—
VICTORIA EASTWOOD,
arkansasonline.com,
14 Jan. 2025
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The Qatari emir met on Monday with a delegation of senior Hamas officials led by chief negotiator Khalil al-Haya.—
Barak Ravid,
Axios,
13 Jan. 2025
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“Satrap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/satrap. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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