as in monarch
one who rules over a people with a sole, supreme, and usually hereditary authority
the aging ruler agonized over the choice of an heir
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Recent Examples of ruler
Maryam Rajavi, the NCRI’s president-elect, used her remarks at the conference to argue that neither war nor negotiations had solved the threat posed by Tehran’s rulers.
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Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
22 June 2026
As the legend goes, when Zoroastrian refugees came ashore in western India, a local Hindu ruler greeted them with a vessel filled to the brim with milk.
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Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
21 June 2026
Netanyahu, on the other hand, has never supported a political agreement with Iran's theocratic rulers.
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Frank Andrews,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
In Burkina Faso, army captain Ibrahim Traoré took power in a 2022 coup and, at 38, is Africa’s youngest ruler.
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Farai Mutsaka,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
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Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
22 June 2026
As the legend goes, when Zoroastrian refugees came ashore in western India, a local Hindu ruler greeted them with a vessel filled to the brim with milk.
—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
21 June 2026
Netanyahu, on the other hand, has never supported a political agreement with Iran's theocratic rulers.
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Frank Andrews,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
In Burkina Faso, army captain Ibrahim Traoré took power in a 2022 coup and, at 38, is Africa’s youngest ruler.
—
Farai Mutsaka,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ruler
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After presenting the honors at the investiture at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the monarch donned a top hat for a garden party at the palace with Queen Camilla, Princess Anne and Prince Edward.
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The royal family's most recent group outing was at the annual Trooping the Colour military parade on June 13, celebrating the official birthday of Britain's monarch, King Charles III.
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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 high seas have no sovereign who can demand accountability, concluded Spalding.
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The question worth watching is whether the Bank of Korea ultimately raises rates, and how much further the bond market has to fall before the two sides of the AI trade, the soaring shares and the sinking sovereign, find a level that can hold.
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For a queen mother to privilege her daughter/queen’s wishes above those of the son/king who abdicated in the night?
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Little is yet known about the jewelry and its significance, but Gordon believes that the jewelry was once worn by the kings and queens of an ancient Khmer Empire that spanned Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Thailand, and existed for hundreds of years.
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“Ruler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ruler. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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