baronies

noun

plural of barony
as in areas
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 Synonyms for baronies
  1. areas
  2. departments
  3. realms
  4. domains
  5. kingdoms
  6. fields
  7. walks
  8. provinces
Noun
  • Along the circulation areas, adjustable panels woven from recycled PET rattan provide privacy while allowing air through and filtering daylight.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Their contribution targets children ages 11 to 17 in areas with lower-than-average household incomes, with additional emphasis on communities near their home in central Texas.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of areas
Noun
  • The most common and most aggressive form of these 287(g) partnerships, the Task Force Model, allows police and sheriff's departments to make immigration arrests.
    — Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 28 Oct. 2026
  • It's empowered to conduct investigations and instruct departments to withhold payments if there are credible allegations of fraud, among other duties.
    — Caroline Cummings, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of departments
Noun
  • And even without the holodeck, genres are fluid things that often take from each other to tell stories within each other’s realms.
    — Matthew Razak, Space.com, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The idea of treating Oregon on the same plane as some of the great fantasy realms from my youth like Narnia and Oz and Middle Earth was crazy to even think about.
    — Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of realms
Noun
  • The team also found that recombination was more likely between enzyme domains with similar DNA sequences, particularly within the same gene.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
  • More broadly, a meta-analysis of over 100 studies found that fear appeals reliably shift attitudes and behavior across health and other domains.
    — Monique Mitchell Turner, The Conversation, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of domains
Noun
  • The agreement followed a long struggle between the Hittite and Egyptian kingdoms for control of territory in ancient Syria.
    — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Like kingdoms of old, SaaS companies are sitting on treasure troves of data.
    — Srinivas Velamoor, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of kingdoms
Noun
  • Users can create forms or complete existing ones using text fields, checkboxes, and other elements.
    — StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026
  • As Reclamation District 108 leaves some fields dry, the goal will be to move a levee back so the river can spread out, restoring a natural floodplain, Bair said.
    — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of fields
Noun
  • Traffic jams weren’t a major concern, since most visitors to Lake Hollywood Park were locals taking their dogs out for walks.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
  • In addition, two walks and a hit-by-pitch have put him on base another three times.
    — OutKick, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of walks
Noun
  • In Congo, the disease has spread to 66 health zones across eight provinces, from three zones when it was first declared in May.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Congo has reported cases across eight provinces, including Ituri, North Kivu, South Kivu, and Tshopo.
    — Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of provinces
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“Baronies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/baronies. Accessed 31 Oct. 2026.

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