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Recent Examples of empress
On this day in 1762: Catherine the Great began her reign as empress of Russia after seizing control from her husband, Peter III.
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Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 9 July 2025
She's successfully become the first artist to wrap herself in the essence of the culture's spirit like an empress in new clothes.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Based on the popular webtoon of the same name, the series follows the story of Navier, a perfect empress whose world is turned upside down when her husband returns home with his mistress and demands a divorce.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 19 June 2025
Initially, the museum held very few objects original to the empress.
—Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Apr. 2025
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Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 9 July 2025
She's successfully become the first artist to wrap herself in the essence of the culture's spirit like an empress in new clothes.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Based on the popular webtoon of the same name, the series follows the story of Navier, a perfect empress whose world is turned upside down when her husband returns home with his mistress and demands a divorce.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 19 June 2025
Initially, the museum held very few objects original to the empress.
—Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for empress
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By the finale, the galactic chessboard is crowded with players—emperors, rebels, prophets, impostors—but as Hari Seldon (Jared Harris) warned in the very first episode, the center cannot hold.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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What will Bayta do with a young emperor?—
Rafael Motamayor,
Vulture,
12 Sep. 2025
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To me Conrad is wholly fantasy, the dream man for the millions of Gen Z and millennial (and even older) women who have spent their entire lives dating fuckboys in hopes of a prince.—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
18 Sep. 2025
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Once a loyal court magician supporting the crown prince from behind the scenes, Alec Ygret is cast aside and exiled for only knowing support magic.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
18 Sep. 2025
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Fans will know that one big casting announcement looms large as the otherworldly princess of space Rosalina will be integral to a movie based on Galaxy.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
12 Sep. 2025
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Based on a video shared by Hello Magazine, the princess took a few seconds to simply gather her hair into a low ponytail and tie it into a knot.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
12 Sep. 2025
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The most notorious, in 1978, saw the late queen hide behind a bush in the gardens of Buckingham Palace to avoid Nicolae Ceaușescu, having already removed anything that the Romanian dictator could steal from his room following a warning from Giscard d'Estaing, the then French president.—
Ian King,
CNBC,
17 Sep. 2025
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The promo references the famous —or, sometimes, infamous — farewells that contestants leave, penned in lipstick, on the vanity mirrors where queens do their makeup.—
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them.,
17 Sep. 2025
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The day will end with a state banquet, during which both the king and president will make speeches.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
16 Sep. 2025
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Nearby lies a king-sized bed, which is the only sleeping area.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
16 Sep. 2025
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The director’s fourth feature is told through the story of an early 20th-century sultan curious about the wonders of the burgeoning cinematograph, eventually being introduced to the ins and outs of the new technology by a former operator for the Lumiére Brothers.—
Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
19 Sep. 2025
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As per the transparency documents, in the month of July, Starmer also received gifts from other foreign leaders—a book and tie from French President Emmanuel Macron, a leather wallet from France's first lady Brigitte Macron and an ornamental shield from the sultan of Oman.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Sep. 2025
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Ashish Jha, the dean of Brown University’s School of Public Health and the Biden administration’s COVID czar, agreed.—
Yasmin Tayag,
The Atlantic,
17 Sep. 2025
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Motion picture marketing czar Josh Goldstine is in final talks to come aboard Paramount as the new Global Head of Marketing and Distribution under the studio’s new Motion Picture co-chairs Dana Goldberg and Josh Greenstein, sources say.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
16 Sep. 2025
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Similarly, the scale, scope and depth of the AI revolution will also compel the group practice leaders, health system executives, private equity satraps and all others who now pull the strings on so many physicians to adapt to the democratization of medical knowledge.—
Michael L. Millenson,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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The ranks of the leadership are staffed, in large measure, with satraps and mediocrities.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
21 June 2025
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“Empress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/empress. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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