Thesaurus results for DYNASTIES

dynasties

noun

plural of dynasty

as in families

a group of people who are related that maintain a powerful position for a long time The latest heirs of the ruling dynasty have no interest in ceding their position of authority over the land.

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Recent Examples of dynasties With annual revenues that can exceed hundreds of billions of dollars, these financial dynasties have made their mark both nationwide and across the globe. — Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2026 The complex expanded over centuries through China’s Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. — ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026 People want dynasties to die and for champs to become chumps. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026 Great organizations could build dynasties more easily before free agency and the salary cap evened the playing field starting in 1993. — Mike Sando, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026 In Season 2 of Ransom Canyon, the titular Texas town hangs in the balance as ranching dynasties unravel, hearts switch allegiances and the overall future of small town culture built on ranching and agriculture comes under scrutiny. — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2026 Procacci This pint-sized wine bar was originally opened by Leopoldo Procacci in 1885 and is now run by the noble Antinori family, one of Tuscany’s most important winemaking dynasties. — Laura Itzkowitz, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2026 But, as this core group of Avs has found out, dynasties are really hard to come by. — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 1 Sep. 2026 Apparently because some of this predictability comes from teams in smaller markets, primarily the Chiefs, fans bizarrely don't seem to mind dynasties. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 17 Aug. 2026

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Noun

Standard rooms might be a tight squeeze for groups of three or more, but everything from a junior suite and up can accommodate families well.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Oct. 2026
The Chicago archdiocese recognized Rubey's work this year by dedicating in his honor a memorial to the lives lost to suicide and their surviving families.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of families

Noun

Ali Mahmoud Ali, the group's Sudan analyst, said that the latest clashes risk bringing in more Nuba clans into the fight and could increase divisions across South Kordofan, where communities are facing an already dire humanitarian situation.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026
All Palestinian clans and families in Gaza would also be a target for disarmament, which would have an impact on the future of Hamas and Palestinian armed struggle.

— Mkhaimar Abusada, The Conversation, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of clans

Noun

Since at least the 1970s and 1980s, there have been incidents of gang rape of intoxicated, incapacitated women in fraternity houses.

— Richard Hall, Time, 7 Oct. 2026
Hyatt transformed the resort with six new buildings, including additional guest houses; all 117 rooms have also been overhauled, and there is a new pool as well as tons of new activities and programs.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of houses

Noun

This latest group of founders stands on the shoulders of giants from the noughties like Spotify, Klarna, and Skype, who themselves took inspiration from the postwar design empires of IKEA, H&M and Tetra Pak (modernizer of the milk carton).

— Jan Larsson, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026
Istanbul, city of empires The city now known as Istanbul has been at the heart of empires, from the Roman to the Byzantine to the Ottoman, and their legacies can be found throughout the Turkish metropolis.

— Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of empires

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With a Scott Dunn kids’ club that’s slicker than most London nurseries, the tribes here fluctuate with the school term timetable.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Van Sickle said 11 member tribes rely on treaty rights to harvest resources such as maple sap, cedar boughs and other forest products, essential for guaranteeing traditional ways of life on indigenous lands.

— Christiana Freitag, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026

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