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Recent Examples of satrap
The ranks of the leadership are staffed, in large measure, with satraps and mediocrities.
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David Remnick,
New Yorker,
21 June 2025
The quick collapse of the Soviet Union and its Eastern European satraps unsettled both nations.
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Christian Schneider,
National Review,
21 Dec. 2023
The Belarusian leader, Alexander Lukashenko, is viewed largely as the Kremlin’s docile satrap.
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Valerie Hopkins,
BostonGlobe.com,
25 June 2023
By contrast, given Russia's dominant role in the CU, joining that group would transform Yanukovych into a satrap of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, whom Yanukovych regards as the avatar of Russian arrogance.
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Rajan Menon,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Oct. 2011
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
21 June 2025
The quick collapse of the Soviet Union and its Eastern European satraps unsettled both nations.
—
Christian Schneider,
National Review,
21 Dec. 2023
The Belarusian leader, Alexander Lukashenko, is viewed largely as the Kremlin’s docile satrap.
—
Valerie Hopkins,
BostonGlobe.com,
25 June 2023
By contrast, given Russia's dominant role in the CU, joining that group would transform Yanukovych into a satrap of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, whom Yanukovych regards as the avatar of Russian arrogance.
—
Rajan Menon,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Oct. 2011
Recent Examples of Synonyms for satrap
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Brass is best-known for his 1979 feature Caligula, an erotic period epic about the notorious Roman emperor, adapted from a screenplay written by Gore Vidal and starring Malcolm McDowell, Helen Mirren, Peter O’Toole and John Gielgud.
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Even the richest emperors of the past did not have the ability to satisfy their whims that is now possessed by any student in Chicago or Berlin or Kinshasa.
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The future king of Britain descends from American patriots who fought against the crown he is destined to inherit, according to a new book tracing Prince William's family tree.
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The Goodnight Suite is the crème de la crème of the property spanning almost 2,000 square feet and featuring a living room, dining room, and a bedroom with a king size bed.
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African prince Akeem is trading palaces, from his lavish kingdom to Queens in search of a woman who loves him for him.
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Daeron Targaryen Daeron Targaryen, otherwise known as Daeron the Drunkard, is a bookish and melancholy Targaryen prince known for his prophetic dreams.
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Witkoff went from Qatar to Israel on Saturday and insisted on having a meeting with the prime minister on the afternoon of the Jewish sabbath—a violation of Israeli protocol rudely designed to remind Netanyahu who was the vassal and who was the suzerain.
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Citizens of countries historically exploited by the West face higher financial and bureaucratic hurdles to access facilities and resources concentrated in their former suzerain.
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The sultan learned about the American colonists’ war for independence indirectly, through the local French consul and European reports.
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They were welcomed by Oman’s foreign minister at the airport and are set to meet with Oman’s sultan for discussions.
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It was commissioned by Catherine the Great by 1787 as a companion to another work owned by the Russian empress, Servius Tullius as a Child Asleep beneath the Miraculous Flame (1783–85).
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The empress returns to her chambers to weep, only to be strangled by a eunuch under the noble consort’s orders.
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The princess took to Instagram to celebrate her husband, Jack Brooksbank, on the special day.
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Her white cable knit Alexander McQueen frock first appeared in 2011, while the princess was visiting Canada, per Marie Claire UK.
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Trump held a call today with the emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, to discuss strategic relations and the situation in the Middle East, the Qatari government said in a statement.
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The emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, attended the last World Cup held in Qatar in 2022.
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“Satrap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/satrap. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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