as in domination
the act or process of bringing someone or something under one's control
the conquest of much of North and South America by the Spanish during the 16th century
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Recent Examples of conquest
After decades building his empire through conquest and control, Rupert was now agreeing to be a minority stakeholder in a Chinese app.
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Gabriel Sherman, Vanity Fair, 14 Jan. 2026
And now, after a victory that felt more like an escape than a conquest, the 49ers are advancing.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 13 Jan. 2026
Among a dizzying choice of tours, a few standouts include a Night Street Food Tour of Palermo with Palermo Street Food Tours, where tales of conquest are woven into arancini, panelle, and pani ca’ meusa tastings.
—Rosalyn Wikeley, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Jan. 2026
Many of the Pueblos focused their animosity on the clerical authorities who justified the brutality of the Spanish conquest.
—Peter C. Mancall, The Conversation, 9 Jan. 2026
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Gabriel Sherman, Vanity Fair, 14 Jan. 2026
And now, after a victory that felt more like an escape than a conquest, the 49ers are advancing.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 13 Jan. 2026
Among a dizzying choice of tours, a few standouts include a Night Street Food Tour of Palermo with Palermo Street Food Tours, where tales of conquest are woven into arancini, panelle, and pani ca’ meusa tastings.
—Rosalyn Wikeley, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Jan. 2026
Many of the Pueblos focused their animosity on the clerical authorities who justified the brutality of the Spanish conquest.
—Peter C. Mancall, The Conversation, 9 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conquest
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Meanwhile, far from trending toward retail domination, US e-commerce growth is flattening.—
Greg Petro,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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As the 1950s rolled into the 1960s, more and more African countries were freeing themselves from European colonial domination; this wave of liberation prompted the emergence of liberation movements in South Africa and anti-apartheid protests.—
Eve Fairbanks,
The Dial,
27 Jan. 2026
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If the approval of the most important tastemakers (gay people) wasn’t enough, The New Yorker had crowned Industry as the best TV show of 2024, with the show dominating critics’ year-end lists, from Vanity Fair to Vulture and The Guardian.—
Louis Staples,
Glamour,
12 Jan. 2026
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Essentially, the Golden Globes TV honors were a redux of the TV Academy’s Emmy Awards winners with The Pitt, The Studio and Adolescence dominating both.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
11 Jan. 2026
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America is rooted in the rejection of arbitrary power and the subjugation of the individual to the state.—
Agustina Vergara Cid,
Oc Register,
23 Jan. 2026
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By the closing epilogue of the MM romance novel, the author must figure out how to create honest stakes for a gay couple in an overwhelmingly heteronormative context that threatens the heroes with societal subjugation and maybe even physical punishment.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Conquest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conquest. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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