duchy

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Recent Examples of duchy 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 Anne of Cleves, sister to the duke of a German duchy, emerged as a promising candidate. Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Mar. 2025 Even in an era of kingdoms and duchies, nobody could afford a Bugatti Royale. Raphael Orlove, Robb Report, 27 Feb. 2025 Some are now demanding the royals reimburse the NHS — and even ditch the duchies altogether. Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 5 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for duchy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for duchy
Noun
  • When incorporated in 1984 in the principality of Liechtenstein, Acemex Management Company Limited was created as a means of survival.
    Kevin G. Hall, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2025
  • In 1542 a treaty with Spain would have made the principality a fiefdom, but the Grimaldi’s insisted on language that at least gave lip service to their sovereignty.
    Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • May is the time to invest wisely, delegate responsibly, and set the foundations of your kingdom.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 May 2025
  • The oil-rich kingdom has significantly increased defense spending since 2015, largely driven by its military involvement in Yemen against the Houthi rebels, alongside investments in modernization and advanced weaponry, including recent arms deals with the U.S. to bolster its capabilities.
    Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • One of the few exceptions was Junior Bridgeman, a former Milwaukee Buck who quietly built a fast food empire after retiring.
    Azeem Khan, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Today, individual stars such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Bryson DeChambeau have set up their own mini-YouTube empires too.
    Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Robust discussion and disagreement are equally important to maintaining a healthy constitutional republic.
    Daniel Hall, The Conversation, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Related Articles Mathews: The American democratic republic is dead.
    CNN.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • The sultanate subsequently hosted backchannel talks between the United States and Iran in the lead-up to the 2015 nuclear agreement, and its banks facilitated some of the financial relief included in that deal.
    Nikita Lalwani, Foreign Affairs, 14 Jan. 2020
Noun
  • The sovereign also said then that William was the new Duke of Cornwall, inheriting possession of the royal family's famed estate worth $1 billion and its holdings.
    Janine Henni, People.com, 29 Apr. 2025
  • The sovereign had met Pope Francis during a state visit to Italy at the beginning of April.
    Blanche Marcel, Glamour, 28 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • With this in mind, the startup costs listed below automatically assume that your website and domain are included.
    Rachel Wells, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
  • The character is due to enter the public domain in 2034.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 25 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • In 1911, the Crystal Palace hosted its largest event, the Festival of Empire Exhibition, a chance for subjects to see their rulers in person, for overseas dominions to sing the empire’s praises and for imperial unity to shine out across the world.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Nov. 2024
  • As America steers the rickety tricycle of its fading dominion toward the boundless horizon of partisan derangement and endless griping, football will once again go about its job of trying to distract us from whatever the government decides to get up to in 2025.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Jan. 2025

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“Duchy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duchy. Accessed 7 May. 2025.

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