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emirate

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as in sultanate

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Recent Examples of emirate With very few exceptions, an end was declared, not only to empires, but also to city-states, duchies, principalities, emirates, sultanates, caliphates, khanates, agencies, princely states, colonies, suzerains, dependencies, mandates, tributaries, condominia and protectorates. —

Literary Hub, 18 May 2026 Authorities in the eastern emirate of Fujairah said one drone sparked a fire at a key oil facility, wounding three Indian nationals. —

Adam Schreck, Twin Cities, 4 May 2026 The emirate has just 72 kilometers (45 miles) of natural shoreline, but artificial islands and peninsulas have provided far more beachfront for its 4 million residents, and the millionaires and billionaires who collect such properties. —

Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 28 Apr. 2026 As the country’s financial center and most populous emirate, Dubai was central to that effort. —

Mina Al-Oraibi, Time, 14 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for emirate

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With very few exceptions, an end was declared, not only to empires, but also to city-states, duchies, principalities, emirates, sultanates, caliphates, khanates, agencies, princely states, colonies, suzerains, dependencies, mandates, tributaries, condominia and protectorates.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 May 2026
Using hundreds of elephants to haul artillery, Cornwallis invaded Mysore and carved up the sultanate.

— Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 May 2026