duchy

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Recent Examples of duchy The duchy is a private estate owned by the British royal family, and was established by King Edward III in 1337 as a means to provide income for the heir to the throne. Janine Henni, People.com, 28 Jan. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for duchy
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Noun
  • The status of the tiny principality as a tax haven and the fact that it is almost entirely geared towards tourism, contribute to its outsized appeal.
    Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
  • The principality of Monaco is perhaps the least suitable place on the Formula 1 calendar to hold a Grand Prix.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 27 May 2025
Noun
  • Set to begin production by year-end, the development comes as the kingdom looks to ramp up gas production for domestic use in order to free up more crude oil for sale abroad.
    Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • However, budget overruns, operational complications and global oil market conditions have forced the kingdom to scale back or entirely shelve some of those projects, sources who have worked on Neom have told CNBC.
    Natasha Turak, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • From building a beauty empire to navigating purpose through pain, Monique shares the lessons, leaps of faith, and leadership tools that have shaped her journey.
    Essence, Essence, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Without a studio deal or traditional packaging, the young trio’s goal has been to build an independent empire from the backstreets of London to the heart of Hollywood.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 12 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • From the Cossack republics of the 17th century to the Maidan uprising of 2014, Ukraine has consistently supported freedom and pluralism.
    Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
  • Our nation has morphed far beyond the republic that the founders initially imagined.
    Joanna Allhands, AZCentral.com, 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
  • Think bonds of 10 and 30 years in duration, purchased by pension funds and sovereigns.
    Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • The sovereign then delivered remarks, met crew and guests, toured an elite P-8A Poseidon aircraft and mingled with local children from the Airplay Youth support program and their families, who live on or near the base.
    Janine Henni, People.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Current offerings include Pride and Prejudice and The Wizard of Oz from the public domain, as well as licensed properties like The Crow from Pressman Films, titles from romance publisher 831 Stories, and science fiction from authors Alan Dean Foster, Ramez Naam, and Charles Stross.
    Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • The genre was originally the domain of intelligent social theorists, but the sheer success of its films eventually devolved into blockbusters that got dumber with each passing summer.
    Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The BIDs have influence over about half of 14th Street; the Union Square folks’ dominion covers First to Sixth Avenues, the Meatpacking group’s from Eighth to the Hudson.
    Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 29 July 2025
  • And yet if history is any guide, Moscow could go to extreme lengths to preserve its regional dominion.
    JEFFREY MANKOFF, Foreign Affairs, 24 July 2025

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“Duchy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duchy. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.

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