as in area
a region of activity, knowledge, or influence
you'll have to ask that guy—the project is his fiefdom
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Recent Examples of fiefdom
This morning’s must reads (Leo Duarte) How the Mexican Mafia’s ‘Pomona Mike’ made L.A.’s federal jail his fiefdom.
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Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2025
What was wrong with an assortment of kingdoms, fiefdoms, and tribes?
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 7 Apr. 2025
Without immediate reform, these organizations will continue to operate as unregulated fiefdoms—putting homeowners, businesses, and Florida's real estate market at risk.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
Itay’s official cinematic and cultural organizations and departments have partnered effectively with the Venice Festival, even if those partnerships were often fraught with pressures as competing arts fiefdoms set bureaucrat against bureaucrat.
—Steven Gaydos, Variety, 18 Feb. 2025
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Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2025
What was wrong with an assortment of kingdoms, fiefdoms, and tribes?
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 7 Apr. 2025
Without immediate reform, these organizations will continue to operate as unregulated fiefdoms—putting homeowners, businesses, and Florida's real estate market at risk.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
Itay’s official cinematic and cultural organizations and departments have partnered effectively with the Venice Festival, even if those partnerships were often fraught with pressures as competing arts fiefdoms set bureaucrat against bureaucrat.
—Steven Gaydos, Variety, 18 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fiefdom
Noun
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One area of contention is around the cost of the reconciliation legislation.—
Zach Halaschak,
The Washington Examiner,
26 June 2025
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Inside safety: Anything that is plugged into an electrical outlet is dangerous to touch when a thunderstorm is in the area.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
26 June 2025
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Thoughts: The Peril Of Cognitive Offloading And Distorted Reality The realm of thought is particularly susceptible to the negative feedback loops generated by generative AI.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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The powers of their music uplifts the human spirit, generating a shielding force field that prevents the demonic realm from invading.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
1 July 2025
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That’s the domain of humans: the executive who senses when to pivot, the founder who intuits product-market fit before the metrics appear, the storyteller who moves a room, the leader who earns trust in a single conversation.—
Dror Berman,
Fortune,
27 June 2025
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So how exactly did the former domain of couples’ massages and cucumber water become the next frontier in medicine?—
Kelsey Eisen,
Robb Report,
26 June 2025
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A day after a man was shot and killed by Lenexa police, the department declined to provide additional details about the shooting, including whether the man fired at officers.—
Laura Bauer,
Kansas City Star,
24 June 2025
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After a federal lawsuit accused USDA's data demand of violating federal privacy laws, a senior official said in court filings that data would not be collected until the department satisfied legal requirements and could ensure the data would be appropriately safeguarded.—
Jude Joffe-Block,
NPR,
24 June 2025
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Lamont knows the futility of trying to please everyone, which may be one element of his success.—
Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
5 July 2025
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Even Portugal, who have been naive defensively but have considerable pace in attack, could threaten in transition, and Italy will need to shore up that element of their game to avoid being caught out.—
Cerys Jones,
New York Times,
4 July 2025
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More than translation Spanish Jews who refused to convert in 1492, meanwhile, had been forced into exile and barred from the kingdom’s colonies.—
Flora Cassen,
The Conversation,
27 June 2025
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Over the course of 12 episodes and a sequel special, viewers see the decimation of a kingdom at the hand of a flesh-eating virus, and survivors can only fend off the undead with armor, swords, bows, and arrows.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
26 June 2025
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Two of them scored on rally-killing double plays, one scored on a walk and one scored on a play where the back runner was thrown out at home.—
Grant Brisbee,
New York Times,
30 June 2025
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That remained the case in Sunday’s 12-5, rubber match win over the A’s, as Chisholm went 2-for-4 with four RBI, a solo homer, two runs scored and a walk while shining on defense.—
Gary Phillips,
Hartford Courant,
30 June 2025
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In 2019, Williamson was the national player of the year, averaged 22.6 points and 8.9 rebounds per game and shot 68% from the field, while Barrett was a first team All-American (22.6 points, 7.6 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game) and Reddish was third on the team in scoring (13.5 points per game).—
Tim Casey,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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If gravity interacts with the Higgs field under these conditions, this interaction could change how gravity behaves.—
Victoria Corless,
Space.com,
24 June 2025
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