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Recent Examples of emirate
Dubai remains committed to ensuring the safety and security of all residents and visitors to the emirate.
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Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, 20 Feb. 2025
The initiative, which aims to attract 10,000 influencers to the UAE, represents a significant step in the emirate's strategy to diversify its economy and cement its position as a global hub for digital innovation.
—Ian Shepherd, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
The dominant religion in the glitzy Middle Eastern emirate is Islam which doesn't celebrate Christmas and snow doesn't fall in its desert environment.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
These include featuring the UAE’s national history, culture and identity in the productions’ storylines; carrying out full post-production work in Abu Dhabi; and doing the main unit production of a feature film in Abu Dhabi and/or filming an entire TV series in the emirate.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 30 Dec. 2024
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Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, 20 Feb. 2025
The initiative, which aims to attract 10,000 influencers to the UAE, represents a significant step in the emirate's strategy to diversify its economy and cement its position as a global hub for digital innovation.
—Ian Shepherd, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
The dominant religion in the glitzy Middle Eastern emirate is Islam which doesn't celebrate Christmas and snow doesn't fall in its desert environment.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
These include featuring the UAE’s national history, culture and identity in the productions’ storylines; carrying out full post-production work in Abu Dhabi; and doing the main unit production of a feature film in Abu Dhabi and/or filming an entire TV series in the emirate.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 30 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emirate
Noun
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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
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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
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Something akin to the French Riviera or the principality of Monaco.—
Frank Miele,
Orlando Sentinel,
13 Mar. 2025
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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
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Goldman Sachs in mid-April warned that Brent crude at $62 a barrel — its price forecast at the time — could more than double the kingdom’s 2024 budget deficit of $30.8 billion.—
Natasha Turak,
CNBC,
11 May 2025
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Having covered Alta Moda shows since 2012, Lever is both witness and visual chronicler of the most exciting haute couture weekend in the fashion kingdom.—
Bianca Salonga,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2025
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The Gemstone kids already share authority over their family’s multimillion-dollar empire.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
5 May 2025
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The Trump family expands its lucrative cryptocurrency empire, raising questions of corruption.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 May 2025
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Drawn out of his humble galley kitchen and into a world of diplomatic intrigue, Carême becomes a pawn in the cold war between Talleyrand, a Machiavellian schemer stabbing backs in the name of a newborn republic, and Fouché, a draconian lawman who mistrusts anything that moves.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
30 Apr. 2025
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The past holds many examples of great change: regimes ending, monarchies becoming republics, whole civilizations vanishing, ways of managing relations between peoples and states swept aside, to be replaced by new ones.—
Margaret MacMillan,
The Atlantic,
30 Apr. 2025
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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
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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
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Environmental programs tend to be organized by geographic domain and discipline—the National Water Quality Program of the US Geological Survey, NSF’s Arctic Observing Network, and the US Forest Service, for instance.—
Eric Morgan,
Wired News,
10 May 2025
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If there was a strategic view, then India would already have a larger gamut of options going in various domains.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
9 May 2025
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The law dictates that the Counsellor of State position is held by the sovereign's spouse and the first four people in the line of succession over the age of 21, which is how Beatrice holds the royal role.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
14 May 2025
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Wojtyła took the regnal name after his predecessor, Pope John Paul I, who passed away only a month into his reign as the sovereign of Vatican City.—
Gabriele Regalbuto,
FOXNews.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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“Emirate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emirate. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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