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Recent Examples of duchy The Duchy of Cornwall, established in 1337 by King Edward III, is one of two royal duchies, a type of land management and financial investment firm that can carry the functions of a corporation or trust. — William James, USA Today, 19 May 2026 La Tour was born in Lorraine, a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire, in 1593, twenty-one years after Caravaggio, whose sensational combination of naturalism and theater, light and dark, formed him as a painter. — Nicole Krauss, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026 Just like the Duchy of Cornwall that generates revenue for Prince William, both duchies were established hundreds of years ago to provide income for the sovereign and the heir to the throne. — Janine Henni, People.com, 22 July 2025 However, the duchy passed on to Prince William when Charles became king on the death of Queen Elizabeth II in September 2022. — Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for duchy

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In October, Andrew was stripped of his princely title, his dukedom, and a number of awards and honorifics.

— Erin Vanderhoof, Vanity Fair, 2 Feb. 2026
However, the scandal surrounding King Charles' brother, the former Prince Andrew — who was stripped of his dukedom as well as his other royal titles, including prince, in October 2025 — has led some to believe that the York title is tainted and won't be reassigned in the future.

— Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 29 Nov. 2025

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Finding The Balance Between Automation And Connection The challenge for marketing leaders is using AI without handing over the keys to your brand kingdom.

— Jenny Herbison, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
The kingdom is also looking to boost its role as a regional trade and logistics hub as part of its economic diversification plan, a strategy that could threaten the UAE’s role as the Gulf’s main trading center.

— Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 9 July 2026

Definition of kingdom

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The future of Harold’s Chicken Shack empire may soon be determined by a Will County probate judge.

— Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026
In Season 2, it’s been one year since Eddie (James) and Susie (Scodelario) joined forces to work together in Bobby’s (Ray Winstone) criminal empire overseas.

— Denise Petski, Deadline, 9 July 2026

Definition of empire

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Purges of the state bureaucracy and judiciary followed, while Erdogan whittled away at the Turkish republic’s secular foundations with his brand of religious nationalism.

— Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 9 July 2026
Of course, the new republic was not always a haven for sober analysis.

— Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026

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Built by Rajput rulers of the Chauhan clan, the fort later came under the control of the Delhi sultanate and the Mughals before returning to the Rajput rulers of Jaipur.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 June 2026
Using hundreds of elephants to haul artillery, Cornwallis invaded Mysore and carved up the sultanate.

— Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 May 2026

Definition of sultanate

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The centuries-old ceremony sees the sovereign symbolically accept the keys to the city of Edinburgh and immediately return them for safekeeping.

— Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026
This has seen both sovereigns and corporates raising billions of dollars in conventional bonds and sukuk over recent months.

— Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 30 June 2026

Definition of sovereign

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Kinaxis wants to be responsible for the outcomes and maintenance of these composable solutions by deploying teams that provide customers with domain, industry, and technical expertise, depending on the stage of the journey.

— Steve Banker, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
If that happens, future AI systems could span multiple racks while behaving as a single computing domain, connected via a mix of electrical, optical, and perhaps other emerging technologies.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 9 July 2026

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