duchy

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Recent Examples of duchy The lucrative duchy spans 130,000 acres across 23 counties in England and Wales today, encompassing farmland, property and commercial businesses. Janine Henni, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024 Anne of Cleves, sister to the duke of a German duchy, emerged as a promising candidate. Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Mar. 2025 Even in an era of kingdoms and duchies, nobody could afford a Bugatti Royale. Raphael Orlove, Robb Report, 27 Feb. 2025 Some are now demanding the royals reimburse the NHS — and even ditch the duchies altogether. Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 5 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for duchy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for duchy
Noun
  • When incorporated in 1984 in the principality of Liechtenstein, Acemex Management Company Limited was created as a means of survival.
    Kevin G. Hall, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2025
  • In 1542 a treaty with Spain would have made the principality a fiefdom, but the Grimaldi’s insisted on language that at least gave lip service to their sovereignty.
    Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • At times Oman can seem hidden away from the world, a glittering white kingdom by a sapphire sea, governed by a benevolent monarch.
    Chris Wallace, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2025
  • History has seen the rise and fall of countless empires, from Ghengis Khan’s Mongol Empire to the kingdom of Assyria.
    Rosie McCall, Discover Magazine, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • One of the few exceptions was Junior Bridgeman, a former Milwaukee Buck who quietly built a fast food empire after retiring.
    Azeem Khan, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Courtesy of Lucasfilm On an isolated farm at the outer reaches of a fascist empire, a mid-level government toady interrogates his victims.
    Jake Kleinman, Wired News, 23 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Robust discussion and disagreement are equally important to maintaining a healthy constitutional republic.
    Daniel Hall, The Conversation, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Related Articles Mathews: The American democratic republic is dead.
    CNN.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Oman, a sultanate on the eastern edge of the Arabian Peninsula, has long served as an interlocutor between Iran and the West.
    Matthew Lee and Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2025
  • In his day, the land around the mountains was thick with frankincense trees, which the sultanate is now trying to protect as both a cultural and commercial resource.
    Chris Wallace, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Since the 15th century, the number of recipients has been related to the years of the sovereign’s life.
    Simon Perry, People.com, 17 Apr. 2025
  • The sovereign has no governmental power in the U.K. or influence on RAVEC.
    Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • With this in mind, the startup costs listed below automatically assume that your website and domain are included.
    Rachel Wells, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Into the last decades of the twentieth century, the laws of war were almost exclusively the domain of military lawyers and humanitarians at the Red Cross.
    Colin Jones, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • In 1911, the Crystal Palace hosted its largest event, the Festival of Empire Exhibition, a chance for subjects to see their rulers in person, for overseas dominions to sing the empire’s praises and for imperial unity to shine out across the world.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Nov. 2024
  • As America steers the rickety tricycle of its fading dominion toward the boundless horizon of partisan derangement and endless griping, football will once again go about its job of trying to distract us from whatever the government decides to get up to in 2025.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Jan. 2025

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“Duchy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duchy. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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