Thesaurus results for BARONIES

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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Noun

Steer clear of puddles - Driving into puddles or low areas of rainwater can cause vehicles to hydroplane or skid out of control.

— NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 7 July 2026
Avoid puddles - Driving into puddles or low rainwater areas can lead to vehicles hydroplaning or losing control.

— STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 July 2026

Definition of areas

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Since the audit tool was introduced, multiple departments have announced arrests of officers across the state, signaling a level of misuse that may have previously gone undetected.

— Taylor Croft, AJC.com, 9 July 2026
Of about 5% of hospitals globally that have international patient departments, Stephano estimated less than 1% are internationally accredited.

— Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 8 July 2026

Definition of departments

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These include rituals related to cosmic realms, guidance for navigating the challenges of daily life and even the worship of powerful deities.

— Michael Naparstek, The Conversation, 6 July 2026
All three have released solo albums that further expand their palettes, moving into ambient (Vida), experimental (Stardrum), and singer/songwriter (Epstein) realms.

— Reed Jackson, SPIN, 3 July 2026

Definition of realms

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Instead of concentrating combat capability aboard a small number of heavily armed warships, the government says the new vessels will support a hybrid fleet in which crewed ships coordinate networks of autonomous systems across multiple domains.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 30 June 2026
Across eight domains of preparedness, respondents gave their highest scores to Community.

— Joseph Coughlin, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026

Definition of domains

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Mysore was one of the most powerful kingdoms in southern India; its military was among the more modernized and effective fighting forces in the hodgepodge of principalities that made up India’s political map at the time.

— Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 2 July 2026
Even though the monarchy no longer exists in Rwanda, so revered are the cows that the traditional gifting and exchanging them among kingdoms has been embraced by Kagame.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 June 2026

Definition of kingdoms

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His companies have redrawn the boundaries of multiple economic fields—the automotive industry, the aerospace sector, satellite communications—and his direct influence has helped transform the world’s most powerful government.

— Mark O’Connell, The New York Review of Books, 4 July 2026
The magnetic pull for those whose ultimate prize is privacy and connection to nature is towards gardens, forests, fields and beachfronts that stretch into the distance, delineating possibilities.

— Nielsen Dinwoodie, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026

Definition of fields

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In just his seventh career start, Bennett (3-3) struck out six with no walks while dominating the last-place Angels until the their two-run eighth.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026
The waistband is made with stretchy material that doesn't dig into your skin, even during long walks or workouts.

— Nicol Natale, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026

Definition of walks

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Two of Canada’s 10 provinces, Alberta and Saskatchewan, are still selling American alcoholic beverages.

— Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 3 July 2026
The bus went out of control and fell into the ravine in Dana Sar, a remote area near the border of Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces, Shahid Rind, a spokesperson for the Balochistan government, said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 July 2026

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