duumvirate

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Noun
  • These unions, whose members have different priorities and separate contracts, are betting that their powerful triumvirate will benefit all.
    Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
  • With nine games remaining in Vancouver’s season and the team virtually assured of finishing in 32nd place by a country mile, the speculation that surrounds the Canucks’ leadership triumvirate is about to dominate the conversation around this team.
    Thomas Drance, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • After years of taking on the food culture bro-triarchy, Toronto restaurant royalty Jen Agg is up against a new enemy.
    Courtney Shea, refinery29.com, 1 Sep. 2021
Noun
  • Under dictatorship until 1974 and long one of Western Europe’s poorest nations, Portugal developed a design ethos rooted in practicality.
    Christine Chitnis, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Rafael Montalvo, president of the Brigade 2506 Veterans Association, said the museum will also educate visitors about the harm caused by decades of Communist dictatorship.
    CBS News, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • For one, having a sovereign customer, rather than selling to another private company, helps improve the financing terms Infinity Power can attract (even if the sovereign is a troubled one like Egypt).
    Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 14 Apr. 2026
  • In a turn straight from a Shakespearean drama, the shocking abdication of her uncle King Edward VIII made her father the new sovereign in 1936 and set Princess Elizabeth, then 10, on the path to reign one day.
    Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • For example, they might be classified by the number of rulers, thus distinguishing government by one (as in a monarchy or a tyranny) from government by the few (in an aristocracy or oligarchy) and from government by the many (as in a democracy).
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
  • While challenges like an aging population remain, economists view Poland’s rise as a model for building prosperity without oligarchy or corruption.
    Claudia Ciobanu, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • In these domains, teleoperation and UMI methods remain essential.
    Ni Tao, Interesting Engineering, 20 Apr. 2026
  • For complex domains like legal services or healthcare, defining and tracking output quality is far harder.
    Michael Jacobides, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • From abdication to divorce to the shock of Princess Diana’s death nearly 30 years ago, the monarchy has repeatedly confronted upheaval that once seemed capable of bringing it to its knees.
    Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Will they be allowed to continue to represent the monarchy?
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 14 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The Biden administration justified its decision — or no decision — with the tired old rationalizations and justifications that the U.S. has been using for years to give the medieval monocracy a pass on human rights violations.
    Ahmed Tharwat, Star Tribune, 1 Mar. 2021
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“Duumvirate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duumvirate. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.

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