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Recent Examples of sultanate
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.
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Jérôme Tubiana, Foreign Affairs, 25 May 2021
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
Meanwhile, embassies, sultanate palaces, and colonial villas have been steadily restored, including Perdicaris Villa in Rmilat, a 70-hectare urban forest, and the new Museum of Contemporary Art in the former casbah prison, dedicated to the north Moroccan postwar canon of abstract painters.
—Stephanie Rafanelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Aug. 2023
The Sulu sultanate ruled the islands in the Sulu Archipelago, which are part of Mindanao in today’s Philippines.
—Jenny Che, Bloomberg.com, 6 June 2023
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Jérôme Tubiana, Foreign Affairs, 25 May 2021
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
Meanwhile, embassies, sultanate palaces, and colonial villas have been steadily restored, including Perdicaris Villa in Rmilat, a 70-hectare urban forest, and the new Museum of Contemporary Art in the former casbah prison, dedicated to the north Moroccan postwar canon of abstract painters.
—Stephanie Rafanelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Aug. 2023
The Sulu sultanate ruled the islands in the Sulu Archipelago, which are part of Mindanao in today’s Philippines.
—Jenny Che, Bloomberg.com, 6 June 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sultanate
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The most memorable of those victories came at his home Grand Prix in the principality of Monaco.—
Aleks Klosok,
CNN,
21 Feb. 2025
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Princess Charlene of Monaco made a royal appearance at an event in the principality on Tuesday.—
Julia Teti,
WWD,
29 Jan. 2025
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He is paid hundreds of millions per year to play in the country, and frequently appears at events in the kingdom and in marketing to support its investments and tourism efforts.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
16 Feb. 2025
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But storybook fortresses aren’t exclusive to mythical kingdoms and romantic tales.—
Gulnaz Khan,
AFAR Media,
13 Feb. 2025
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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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Having served as Ambassador to Washington D.C., Beijing, Singapore, and the Czech republic, Jaishankar enjoys a huge comparative advantage over his global peers, because of his familiarity with the machine and machinations of modern diplomacy.—
Vasuki Shastry,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
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Kyiv said Moscow was sending Russian troops there to help pro-Russian separatists, but the Kremlin denied the accusations, insisting that Kyiv conduct direct negotiations with the breakaway republics there, and in another eastern region, Luhansk.—
Joanna Kakissis,
NPR,
21 Feb. 2025
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Dubai Loop will cover the most congested areas of Dubai, the emirate's government media office said on X, the social platform owned by Musk.—
Jana Choukeir and Yousef Saba,
USA TODAY,
15 Feb. 2025
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The United Arab Emirates is aiming to connect all seven emirates through a 900-kilometer (559-mile) high-speed rail network.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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Taiwan was clearly an outpost of American empire, but the U.S. presence was benevolent in certain ways.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
The New Yorker,
25 Feb. 2025
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So, too, did anticolonial nationalists in the twentieth century conceive of their battles against Western empires in this way.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
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Here’s Where Trump Is Winning—And Losing—In Court Specialized AI research agents are another development in this market, focusing on domains where literature searches are time-consuming.—
Gil Press,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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The White House feels access to limited areas like the Oval Office and Air Force One shouldn't be guaranteed to a select few legacy outlets — but instead should be opened up to include both MAGA voices, and other new or niche nonpartisan publications with more domain expertise.—
Axios,
Axios,
26 Feb. 2025
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Historically, imperialist leaders have used military conquest, economic coercion or diplomatic pressure to expand their dominions, and justified their foreign incursions as civilizing missions, economic opportunities or national security imperatives.—
Monica Duffy Toft,
The Conversation,
20 Feb. 2025
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Kanye West goes on another antisemitic rant, defends Diddy, declares ‘dominion’ over wife.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2025
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“Sultanate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sultanate. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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