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Recent Examples of warlord
When the theocratic warlord of Ottoman Tripoli demanded that the incoming president pay up for peace, Jefferson refused.
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Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 28 Mar. 2025
Navigating gangs, warlords and anarchy, Snake must rely on his skills and survival instincts to complete the mission before time runs out.
—Travis Bean, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
In Shogun, Hira played Japanese warlord Ishido Kazunari, one of the main antagonists of the acclaimed historical drama.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 8 Apr. 2025
Trump is selling us out to tech warlords, at home and abroad.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2025
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Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 28 Mar. 2025
Navigating gangs, warlords and anarchy, Snake must rely on his skills and survival instincts to complete the mission before time runs out.
—Travis Bean, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
In Shogun, Hira played Japanese warlord Ishido Kazunari, one of the main antagonists of the acclaimed historical drama.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 8 Apr. 2025
Trump is selling us out to tech warlords, at home and abroad.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for warlord
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For those who are ready to welcome our robotic overlords and submit to a life of involuntary leisure, Paul offers reassurance that us humans still have our role to play.—
Alexander Puutio,
Forbes.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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These are not our new robot overlords, but a pilot program in 35 citywide locations testing the new technology to keep closer tabs on inventory in real-time.—
Alexander Coolidge,
USA TODAY,
13 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Deriving from the word caudillo, or strongman, caudillismo is a quintessential Latin American political phenomenon.—
Omar G. Encarnación,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Jan. 2025
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Deriving from the word caudillo, or strongman, caudillismo is a quintessential Latin American political phenomenon.—
Omar G. Encarnación,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Jan. 2025
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His interest in sports analytics comes from his math teacher father, who handed out rulers to Trick-or-Treaters each year.—
Jesse Newell,
Kansas City Star,
23 Apr. 2025
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The brand new full-length arrives as a success across a number of rankings, launching atop several Billboard tallies – and this latest champion is different from his previous rulers.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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That was just a completely different life, and Lisa was also my boss.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
29 Apr. 2025
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My boss tried to take full credit during the meeting.—
Mohammed Soliman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Apr. 2025
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The cover of the first issue of The New Yorker, dated Feb. 21, 1925, carried no portraits of potentates or tycoons, no headlines, no come-ons.—
Christopher B. Daly,
The Conversation,
11 Feb. 2025
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Or were all those billionaire potentates in the Capitol Rotunda — seated in front of Trump’s Cabinet picks — asserting their social, economic and cultural hegemony?—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jan. 2025
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“Warlord.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/warlord. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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