Thesaurus results for BARONY

barony

noun

ˈber-ə-nē

Definition of barony

as in area

a region of activity, knowledge, or influence no longer is the city's social and cultural life the barony of a few old-line families

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Recent Examples of barony Cyril was promoted by Gladstone from an MP to a barony in 1892. — Hermione Lee, The New York Review of Books, 2 Feb. 2023 Thanks to his accumulation of new wealth, Édouard Louis Joseph Empain was raised to a barony by the Belgian king in 1907. — Jonathan Kirsch, Washington Post, 3 June 2022 His namesake grandfather was a man of modest origins who had received his barony from Belgium’s King Leopold II in recognition of his accomplishments as an industrialist. — Tom Sancton, Town & Country, 31 Mar. 2022 When the emperor tired of him, Frank and his followers moved again and took up residence in the German barony of Offenbach, where Frank died several years later. — Jake Bittle, The New Republic, 2 Mar. 2022

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Noun

Reese Esponda, who trains at the Houston-area gym owned by Biles' family, was fourth.

— CBS News, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
Officials said Sunday that fire activity had prevented them from quickly reaching the area amid steep, rough terrain.

— Jamie Stengle, Chicago Tribune, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of area

Noun

All of them are concerned with legacy, particularly among fathers and daughters (Shakespeare had two and lost his only son), and all of them touch a realm beyond the mundane — a place of gods and dreams, oracles and enchantment.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2026
The fantastical realm is filled with the same zombie-like enemies from the first demo.

— Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of realm

Noun

This is precisely the domain of litigation public relations—a discipline that rarely attracts public attention, yet increasingly shapes the outcome of corporate conflicts.

— Alona Karpinska, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
In one scenario, Irregular also gave the models a fictional target company whose name unintentionally matched the domain of a real website.

— J.D. Capelouto, semafor.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of domain

Noun

Malte Krueger, a PhD who leads the sports science department at Bayer Leverkusen, heard about Biolyz’s trials at Dortmund and knew a couple of guys working as consultants with the startup.

— Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Rather than install a conventional luxury department-store anchor, Fontainebleau chose a retailer built around ease and joyful discovery.

— Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of department

Noun

Houthi spokesman Nasruddin Amer said on X on Friday that the group will continue to target any Saudi buildups in an effort to lift the kingdom’s blockade on Yemen.

— Fatma Khaled, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2026
In the fairytale, the princess flees to another kingdom for a while to get away from the misery brought on by her father, finding work as a commoner to conceal her identity.

— Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of kingdom

Noun

After an intentional walk to Seiya Suzuki, Crow-Armstrong took off for third and came around when the throw from Valenzuela glanced off Josh Smith’s glove and into short left field.

— Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
The edge defender walked off the field with team trainers and did not return, though Koonce continued to practice.

— Sam Warren, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2026

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