emirate

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Recent Examples of emirate Dubai in 2022 established the Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority, or VARA — the world’s first independent crypto regulator — which oversees virtual asset activities in the emirate and provides licensing and supervision to crypto businesses. Natasha Turak, CNBC, 23 May 2025 Consider Anantara Mina Al Arab Ras Al Khaimah Resort for a luxurious base for excitement in the emirate. Natasha Amar, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025 Furthermore, two sources familiar with the global film scene said top players in the emirate have initiated discussions with U.S. showbiz executives about co-financing and producing original content. Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 16 May 2025 Last week saw the emirate host the 18th edition of Art Dubai, a key pillar in the region’s cultural economy and the main commercial art fair in the Middle East. Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 2 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for emirate
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Noun
  • The sultanate has repeatedly blocked or opted out of any Saudi moves toward deeper GCC security, political, or economic integration.
    Rory Miller, Foreign Affairs, 23 Oct. 2017
  • 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
Noun
  • The principality of Monaco is perhaps the least suitable place on the Formula 1 calendar to hold a Grand Prix.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 27 May 2025
  • This shift allowed Europe to escape from the problem that had doomed Indian civilization to impotence: a state that was so weak that society constantly dissolved into petty principalities that inevitably fell prey to more powerful invaders.
    John Micklethwait, Foreign Affairs, 29 May 2014
Noun
  • Though the kingdom’s low debt levels are the envy of most other countries, its finances are being stretched by the scale of its ambition.
    Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 11 July 2025
  • The Fantastic Four are invited to visit the isolated African kingdom of Wakanda by T’Challa, the nation’s young prince.
    Ekow Eshun July 11, Literary Hub, 11 July 2025
Noun
  • The issue wasn’t with FC Nordsjælland, which is also part of the Right to Dream empire and has sent several other players to SDFC.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2025
  • His new Goods and Services Tax replaced a byzantine tax code that included oddities like the octroi, a city toll on goods originating in the Roman empire.
    Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 18 July 2025
Noun
  • From the Cossack republics of the 17th century to the Maidan uprising of 2014, Ukraine has consistently supported freedom and pluralism.
    Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
  • Our nation has morphed far beyond the republic that the founders initially imagined.
    Joanna Allhands, AZCentral.com, 4 July 2025
Noun
  • Known collectively as Hessians, since most Germans hired by London to fight in America came from Hesse-Kassel, this contingent was largely from the small, impoverished duchy of Brunswick, whose ruling family had intermarried with the British royal family.
    / CBS News, CBS News, 13 June 2025
  • The duchy is also partnering with local organizations to address homelessness, a key focus of his royal work in recent years.
    Stephanie Petit, People.com, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • These children show difficulties across almost every domain: language, cognition, behavior.
    William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
  • The domains saw repeat inclusion in 2020, but have not been included on the list since, the AAFA said.
    Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 18 July 2025
Noun
  • For starters, power in the United States is vested in the people, not in the government, and certainly not in a sovereign.
    Richard Lorenc, Twin Cities, 3 July 2025
  • The Ceremony of the Keys is a staple on the sovereign's schedule during Royal Week, as is an investiture ceremony at the Palace of the Holyroodhouse and a palace garden party.
    Janine Henni, People.com, 1 July 2025

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“Emirate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emirate. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.

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