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Recent Examples of autocrat Others counter that labeling Trump an autocrat is alarmist. Daniel Treisman, The Conversation, 3 June 2025 And that has really been different from a lot of these other aspiring autocrats in recent years. Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2025 The documentary debuted in the Cannes Premiere section of the festival to a long ovation and strong reviews, praising the timeliness of the film in an era in which freedom of speech and civil liberties are under assault and autocrats are on the rise worldwide. Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 23 May 2025 We’re also threatened by autocrats and fascists and people that wants to limit this. Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 21 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for autocrat
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Noun
  • August was all about preparing for the return to school, with popular grocery items including colored pencils, ring binders, index cards, as well as rulers, notebooks, and calculators.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 21 June 2025
  • Responding to persecution by India’s Mughal rulers—and the torture and execution of his father—Hargobind militarized Sikhism.
    Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 21 June 2025
Noun
  • But Crone’s and Erickson’s study advises monarch enthusiasts to stay calm.
    Calista Oetama, Sacbee.com, 21 June 2025
  • Along with the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Denmark constitute the Danish Realm, a political arrangement united under the Danish monarch, King Frederik.
    Morten Høi Jensen, The Dial, 19 June 2025

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“Autocrat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/autocrat. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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