kingship

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Recent Examples of kingship Widely considered a victory lap for Lamar and his camp, the project was hailed as confirmation of his kingship. Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 30 Dec. 2025 Widely considered a victory lap for Lamar and his camp, the project was hailed as confirmation of his kingship. Preezy Brown, Rolling Stone, 15 Dec. 2025 Argonaut is named after the famed argonauts of ancient Greek mythology, who sailed in the ship Argo in search of an artifact to restore their leader, Jason, to his rightful kingship. Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 24 Nov. 2025 The 12 main galleries trace Egypt's history from prehistory through the Greco-Roman era, exploring themes of society, kingship and belief. Ayat Al-Tawy, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for kingship
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Noun
  • That decade started with the 1973 oil embargo by Arab countries who were members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, or OPEC, and ended with the 1979 Iranian Revolution, which many attribute to helping end Jimmy Carter's presidency.
    Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026
  • This view of the presidency has justified his executive orders at home and tariffs that affect the global economy.
    Steven Sloan, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The banner, more reminiscent of the way leaders are plastered on government buildings in a dictatorship like North Korea, is just the type of gesture the president expects.
    Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Fifty years ago, just after the dictatorship of Francisco Franco, about 90% of residents were Catholic.
    Alexis Marshall, NPR, 3 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • His mastery of the quick-turnaround game plan has become the standard of college basketball.
    Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 5 Apr. 2026
  • But, as academic mastery has become secondary to political consciousness, students are no longer being molded into informed citizens so much as into ideological foot soldiers.
    Courtney Corbello, Oc Register, 4 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • That is why, after the governorship, the Secretary of State’s office is the most important in California.
    John Seiler, Oc Register, 29 Mar. 2026
  • The outcome was one few anticipated, with Gray Davis romping to victory in the Democratic primary, then winning the governorship in a landslide.
    Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • His public focus has been on his chairmanship of the Senate Commerce Committee and his popular podcast Verdict with Ted Cruz.
    Gromer Jeffers Jr. Political, Dallas Morning News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • But Burchett is promising to use his chairmanship to uncover further misconduct on Capitol Hill and will try to obtain the settlement case files kept by the Office of Compliance.
    David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 26 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Early military rule Japan set up a government in Korea with the governor-generalship filled by generals or admirals appointed by the Japanese emperor.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Mar. 2026
  • UConn lured him out of the transfer portal from Georgia to solidify its court generalship, so vital to the kind of offense Dan Hurley likes to run.
    Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 10 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • An additional $5 million will fund a deanship, $3 million will support a chair in biomedical engineering, and $5 million will establish a research fund for faculty fellowships, emphasizing cross-disciplinary collaboration.
    Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • As Italians prepare to vote, the referendum stands as one of the defining moments of Meloni’s premiership — a choice that could reshape not only the justice system but also the trajectory of her government, regardless of the outcome.
    ABC News, ABC News, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Under his premiership, Israeli voters who were comfortable with the status quo could rest easy knowing that their leader would be unlikely to upset it.
    Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2026

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“Kingship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kingship. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.

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