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
Layoffs are never an easy part of a post-merger integration process in terms of employee morale, but for Ellison and his management team there is also the matter of the company’s next M&A conquest.
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Dade Hayes, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025
Much of the conquest talk indeed was nothing more than aspirational propaganda.
—Big Think, 29 Oct. 2025
May our next adventures be lessons — not in conquest, but in openness.
—Wilson Santiago Burgos, USA Today, 26 Oct. 2025
Such complicity will damage national security by strengthening enemies, driving away allies, harming international trade, increasing nuclear proliferation, encouraging new wars of territorial conquest, and ending America’s role as leader of the free world.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 23 Oct. 2025
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Dade Hayes, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025
Much of the conquest talk indeed was nothing more than aspirational propaganda.
—Big Think, 29 Oct. 2025
May our next adventures be lessons — not in conquest, but in openness.
—Wilson Santiago Burgos, USA Today, 26 Oct. 2025
Such complicity will damage national security by strengthening enemies, driving away allies, harming international trade, increasing nuclear proliferation, encouraging new wars of territorial conquest, and ending America’s role as leader of the free world.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 23 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conquest
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Nazism’s total domination politically and socially found an aesthetic counterpart in the visual reduction of bodies to things, ecstatically subdued before the hypnotic power of a leader, force, or sublime beauty.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Jan. 2026
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The rest of the game is pretty much total domination.—
Chris McKenna,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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On a night when the Broncos offense sputtered and Rizzi’s special teams had several face-palm moments, Skinner’s block was the Broncos’ bailout, and the differentiator that underscored a dominating performance on defense.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
7 Nov. 2025
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And all signs point to Malinin’s dominating in Milan, much as fellow American Nathan Chen did at the 2022 Beijing Games (Chen left competitive skating after his gold).—
Nick Zaccardi,
NBC news,
29 Oct. 2025
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How could the woman who wrote so piercingly about women’s subjugation subjugate herself to not just one but two men?—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
12 Oct. 2025
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The fight for human rights was an urgent demand that called upon all people—regardless of race, socioeconomic background, gender, or nationality—to fight against the subjugation of Black people everywhere.—
Time,
Time,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Conquest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conquest. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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