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dyarchy

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The data center industry is only one face of an arrogant oligarchy that people believe now runs Congress, the courts, the White House, state legislatures and local governments.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2026
In practice, Mamdani, who claims to loathe oligarchy and big business, is asking Amazon to destroy over 40 small businesses and subsume their economic power.

— Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of oligarchy

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The couple will remain non-working royals and will not be carrying out any official royal engagements on behalf of the sovereign, the document said.

— Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2026
The former sovereign, 86, who abdicated the throne in 2024, was instead represented by her son and successor, King Frederik, his wife, Queen Mary, his son and heir, Crown Prince Christian, and Queen Margrethe’s younger sister, Princess Benedikte.

— Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2026

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In those years many Latin American countries had repressive governments, military coups, dictatorships, and undeclared wars against the poor and the indigenous population, which were backed by the CIA in the context of the Cold War.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
In Peru under dictatorship, two of three long-time lovers marry for appearances but flee from their conservative rural community for the capital after their secret is exposed by the third.

— Katherine Brodsky, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of dictatorship

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This triumvirate uses their voices, their power, their compassion to embody this virtuous cycle of generosity and reciprocity without forfeiting their personhood, bodies, or resources to anyone.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026
Daemon, with his Valyrian steel warhelm and taste for annihilation, is who Rhaenyra needs riding shotgun now that Team Green has established a crown-seeking triumvirate of sons.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of triumvirate

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The native people of this region were not wiped out by smallpox and instead established an independent kingdom that blends a traditional monarchy with Catholicism, thanks to the efforts of some earlier missionaries.

— John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026
The distinction Camilla was concerned about was between the private family and the public monarchy.

— Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of monarchy

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The argument for freedom of movement often involves a comparison to movement within a nation-state.

— J. Toby Reiner, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026
For the first 15 years thereafter, terrorism supplanted other threats such as those coming from nation-states (China, Iran, North Korea and Russia), and our country took our eye off of existential threats to our security.

— John M. Weaver, Baltimore Sun, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of nation-state

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Grunis had previously fought in Chechnya, a mainly Muslim republic whose bid for independence after the Soviet Union’s collapse led to years of war with Russian government forces.

— Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Grunis had previously fought in Chechnya, a mainly Muslim republic whose bid for independence after the Soviet Union’s collapse led to years of war with Russian government forces, and also took part in Russia’s campaign in Syria.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026

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