duchy

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Recent Examples of duchy Eleanor Roosevelt, who had viewed Mesta’s appointment with disfavor, dropped into the duchy and changed her mind after seeing her in action. Thomas Mallon, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025 The couple later rented nearby Windsor Cottage (no relation to the duchy), which was purchased by the hotel and moved on site in 1990 and now houses the members-only Ocean Club. Ingrid Schmidt, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Dec. 2024 Leave a comment View Comments The bulk of that income is generated from a portfolio of land, property and other assets, called the Duchy of Lancaster, worth about £648 million ($811 million), according to the duchy’s accounts for the last financial year. Anna Cooban, CNN, 22 Nov. 2024 The lucrative duchy spans 130,000 acres across 23 counties in England and Wales today, encompassing farmland, property and commercial businesses. Janine Henni, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for duchy
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Noun
  • He was born in Monte Carlo, the luxury haven of the wealthy in the principality of Monaco.
    Andy Naylor, New York Times, 3 July 2025
  • The roar of the engines echoing throughout the principality, combined with the picturesque surroundings, made for not only a spectacular race day, but an unforgettable weekend.
    Erica Wertheim Zohar, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • Though the kingdom’s low debt levels are the envy of most other countries, its finances are being stretched by the scale of its ambition.
    Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 11 July 2025
  • The Fantastic Four are invited to visit the isolated African kingdom of Wakanda by T’Challa, the nation’s young prince.
    Ekow Eshun July 11, Literary Hub, 11 July 2025
Noun
  • Now, with Hong Kong’s equity markets rebounding, Li is seizing a more favorable window to raise capital for the crown jewel of his business empire.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 7 July 2025
  • High school projects could turn into Harvard case studies, teenage blogs into book deals, and college experiments into empire foundations.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
Noun
  • The ignorant need cultural immersion at the American Museum of the Cuban Diaspora, which tells the story of those who fled the Cuban island that went from a free, prosperous republic to an oppressive, impoverished dictatorship within a single generation.
    Luka Ladan, New York Daily News, 5 July 2025
  • France has meandered through five republics and two empires.
    The Editors, National Review, 4 July 2025
Noun
  • The sultanate has repeatedly blocked or opted out of any Saudi moves toward deeper GCC security, political, or economic integration.
    Rory Miller, Foreign Affairs, 23 Oct. 2017
  • Oman’s foreign minister served as an interlocutor between the two sides at talks last weekend in Muscat, the sultanate’s capital.
    Jon Gambrell and Nasser Karimi, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • For starters, power in the United States is vested in the people, not in the government, and certainly not in a sovereign.
    Richard Lorenc, Twin Cities, 3 July 2025
  • The Ceremony of the Keys is a staple on the sovereign's schedule during Royal Week, as is an investiture ceremony at the Palace of the Holyroodhouse and a palace garden party.
    Janine Henni, People.com, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • If the act of conquering land was men’s domain, the king needed women to create emotional and physical connections to the land itself, ensuring these regions remained under French control.
    Ann Foster, JSTOR Daily, 9 July 2025
  • One blog post highlights the living room as the primary domain of antique rugs, best paired with minimalist decor so that its design can draw attention.
    Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 9 July 2025
Noun
  • After confederation, Canada strove to be the most British dominion in the British empire.
    Stephen Marche, The Atlantic, 1 July 2025
  • These were inhabitants of the Real East Coast who, even in the late 2000s, were still under the impression that hip-hop’s having been created in their territory granted them indefinite dominion over how the genre’s rhythm and presentation were supposed to feel.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2025

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“Duchy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duchy. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.

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