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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.
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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
And even more telling, so did Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudi crown prince, and Mohamed bin Zayed, leader of the United Arab Emirates, without whose billions, Gaza won’t be rebuilt.
—Trudy Rubin, Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2025
The who’s who of US business and finance lined up to meet Kuwait’s crown prince in New York this week, including the bosses of BlackRock, Franklin Templeton, Goldman Sachs, and senior executives from Microsoft and Alphabet.
—Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 24 Sep. 2025
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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
And even more telling, so did Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudi crown prince, and Mohamed bin Zayed, leader of the United Arab Emirates, without whose billions, Gaza won’t be rebuilt.
—Trudy Rubin, Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2025
The who’s who of US business and finance lined up to meet Kuwait’s crown prince in New York this week, including the bosses of BlackRock, Franklin Templeton, Goldman Sachs, and senior executives from Microsoft and Alphabet.
—Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 24 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crown prince
favorite son
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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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And if one thing is certain, this town — and this fan base — is ready to embrace its new favorite son.—
Grace Raynor,
New York Times,
21 Dec. 2025
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“Crown prince.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crown%20prince. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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