as in favorite son
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Trump repeatedly objected to press questions during an Oval Office photo op with Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, whose country does not have a free press.
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Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 18 Nov. 2025
Once in office, however, Biden embraced—and even tried to expand—Trump’s Abraham Accords and, in 2022, publicly bumped fists with the Saudi crown prince.
—James Jeffrey, Foreign Affairs, 13 Nov. 2025
Both films were met with a strong critical consensus that praised the unique angles of storytelling, even if Dylan is proving to edge out New Jersey’s crown prince at the box office by a fairly large margin.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2025
By the 1540s, Spanish explorers had named the Philippines after their crown prince, the soon-to-be Philip II, who would reign for almost the entire second half of the 16th century.
—Big Think, 29 Oct. 2025
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Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 18 Nov. 2025
Once in office, however, Biden embraced—and even tried to expand—Trump’s Abraham Accords and, in 2022, publicly bumped fists with the Saudi crown prince.
—James Jeffrey, Foreign Affairs, 13 Nov. 2025
Both films were met with a strong critical consensus that praised the unique angles of storytelling, even if Dylan is proving to edge out New Jersey’s crown prince at the box office by a fairly large margin.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2025
By the 1540s, Spanish explorers had named the Philippines after their crown prince, the soon-to-be Philip II, who would reign for almost the entire second half of the 16th century.
—Big Think, 29 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crown prince
favorite son
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The 120-room property was previously inhabited by Queen Victoria’s favorite son, Arthur, as well as the Royal Army Chaplains.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
25 Jan. 2026
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The late Queen’s favorite son is now styled as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
26 Dec. 2025
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“Crown prince.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crown%20prince. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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