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Recent Examples of lordship
The standout is the lordship apartment sequence [in Episode 2] and the jump off the balcony.
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Leia Mendoza,
Variety,
26 Sep. 2025
Under the Zhou dynasty, many smaller lordships fought for power in their regions including Hubei Province where the tombs are buried, according to Britannica.
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Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
22 Apr. 2024
In 1606, the estate’s lordship was acquired by Jean Sève, a Calvinist who played an important role in the uprising that led to Lyon coming back under the authority of Henry IV in 1594.
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Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
12 Apr. 2024
Oliver has a chance to do Felix a favor—his lordship is late for class, and his bike has a flat.
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Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
18 Nov. 2023
To kill it is not to restate one’s lordship over the earth but rather to recognize and kill a destructive aspect in our own nature.
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Aatish Taseer,
New York Times,
16 Feb. 2023
This sounds like a mutually beneficial arrangement between his lordship and the royal spouse.
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Mike Bass,
The Enquirer,
25 Aug. 2021
Leia Mendoza,
Variety,
26 Sep. 2025
Under the Zhou dynasty, many smaller lordships fought for power in their regions including Hubei Province where the tombs are buried, according to Britannica.
—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
22 Apr. 2024
In 1606, the estate’s lordship was acquired by Jean Sève, a Calvinist who played an important role in the uprising that led to Lyon coming back under the authority of Henry IV in 1594.
—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
12 Apr. 2024
Oliver has a chance to do Felix a favor—his lordship is late for class, and his bike has a flat.
—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
18 Nov. 2023
To kill it is not to restate one’s lordship over the earth but rather to recognize and kill a destructive aspect in our own nature.
—
Aatish Taseer,
New York Times,
16 Feb. 2023
This sounds like a mutually beneficial arrangement between his lordship and the royal spouse.
—
Mike Bass,
The Enquirer,
25 Aug. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lordship
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The show represents a milestone in American TV, when showrunners like Shonda Rhimes began to become famous names in and of themselves, and create whole dominions of TV shows on networks and streaming services.
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Freeman had accomplished more than protecting her daughter from Hannah Ashley’s blow and, with perseverance, succeeded in getting herself and Lizzie out from under the Ashleys’ dominion.
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The two estranged princes – now fathers and husbands – have only seen one another a handful of times in the last four years.
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During his stay from July 7 to 11, the prince will carry out a series of charity engagements, and kick off the one-year countdown to the 2027 Invictus Games.
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Hezbollah denounces the deal as a threat to Lebanese sovereignty, while Israeli leaders vow not to cede ‘a millimeter’ until the group is fully disarmed.
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Hernandez frames message sovereignty as the answer to a question every leader needs to sit with.
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The duke's Invictus Games countdown event takes place exactly one year before the 2027 games, which are slated to begin on July 10 of that year.
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The duke traditionally accompanies the monarch in the lead carriage of the Royal Procession, a custom that dates back to 1825, when the first Duke of Wellington rode alongside King George IV.
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Though Rutinel does not identify as a socialist, Kiros’s ascendancy — the first major socialist victory outside of New York this cycle — is likely to provide ample fodder for Evans and his allies in the heavily Latino district.
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Sip & Guzzle’s ascendancy in the bar world has been swift and absolute.
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This was perhaps the greatest bifurcation of the labor force seen since the days of land barons.
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Cruise sports a thick Southern accent, a beer belly and thinning white hair (fashioned in an unconvincing combover) to play the oil baron whose company may have set off an ecological disaster that could also spark a nuclear war.
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Part of the reason for this is the Dodgers have entered a boring-great stage of hegemony, in which their superiority over the rest of the league is so pronounced that there is little to discuss on a day-to-day basis.
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In fact, at the end of the Lebanese civil war in 1991, Syria established what amounted to absolute political, military and economic hegemony over Lebanon, during which thousands of Lebanese disappeared.
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In the book, Benedict falls for Sophie Beckett, the daughter of an earl who’s been hidden away from the Ton and forced to work as a housemaid by her spiteful stepmother.
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With James' support, George became an earl, a marquess and ultimately a duke (a rarity for nonroyals).
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“Lordship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lordship. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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