Thesaurus results for BARONY

barony

noun

ˈber-ə-nē

Definition of barony

as in area

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 barony Cyril was promoted by Gladstone from an MP to a barony in 1892. — Hermione Lee, The New York Review of Books, 2 Feb. 2023 Thanks to his accumulation of new wealth, Édouard Louis Joseph Empain was raised to a barony by the Belgian king in 1907. — Jonathan Kirsch, Washington Post, 3 June 2022 His namesake grandfather was a man of modest origins who had received his barony from Belgium’s King Leopold II in recognition of his accomplishments as an industrialist. — Tom Sancton, Town & Country, 31 Mar. 2022 When the emperor tired of him, Frank and his followers moved again and took up residence in the German barony of Offenbach, where Frank died several years later. — Jake Bittle, The New Republic, 2 Mar. 2022

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Noun

This area is designated a blue zone because of its high percentage of residents aged 90 and older, a statistic that has remained consistent over the past 150 years.

— Refractor, Refractor, 27 July 2026
Firefighters in France and Spain are battling to control wildfires which have raged for days in the areas near the major cities of Bordeaux and Madrid.

— Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 27 July 2026

Definition of area

Noun

Ackman has become more ideological, expanding his crusades into cultural and academic realms.

— Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 20 July 2026
Though the song is heavily acoustic, its distorted guitar solos hail squarely from the realm of harder rock, and the artificial choirs that seep in toward the end seem to call out to the symphonic citadels of the Norwegian black metallers.

— Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 19 July 2026

Definition of realm

Noun

Frake-Waterfield created the TCU (ha ha) as a horror film franchise that turns public-domain children’s stories into slasher films.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 24 July 2026
If millions more digital products are created because the cost of building approaches zero, then even a small percentage progressing to real-world use translates into a meaningful increase in demand for domains.

— Michael Riedl, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

Definition of domain

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Magnesium, on the other hand, shows much more potential, with the same quantity of water containing 2,980 kg (6,570 lb) of the element, roughly the weight of a 2024 Ford F-250 Super Duty Cargo Truck … so, a lot.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 July 2026
There’s the Targaryen element, but there’s the Hightower in him as well.

— Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 27 July 2026

Definition of element

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City documents say the department is assessing tripled fees for both structural and grading work done without authorization.

— Zuri Primos July 27, Kansas City Star, 27 July 2026
Boston City Councilor Ed Flynn will move to propose measures related to waiving Boston Police Department residency requirements and allowing retired officers to take shifts as the department faces ongoing staffing challenges.

— Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 27 July 2026

Definition of department

Noun

Saudi Arabia's civil defense said alerts sounded multiple times early Saturday in both cities, but the kingdom didn't comment further.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026
The Houthis declared a maritime embargo against Saudi Arabia on Monday, threatening to cut off the kingdom’s oil exports through the Red Sea and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.

— Chloe Taylor,Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 24 July 2026

Definition of kingdom

Noun

Otto Lopez and Heriberto Hernandez singled off Lambert in the frame, and the right-hander issued a two-out walk to Liam Hicks that loaded the bases.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026
Despite drawing eight walks Tuesday, the Braves could only scratch across three runs and mustered only four hits in an 8-3 loss to the Padres at Truist Park.

— Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 22 July 2026

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