emirates

Definition of emiratesnext
plural of emirate

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of emirates Abu Dhabi is the biggest by landmass of the seven emirates making up the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the second most populous after Dubai, while its main city is both the capital of the emirate and the wider UAE. Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for emirates
Noun
  • Cliffs of Moher, Ireland The rugged coastline of County Clare served as a dramatic setting in Harry Potter, and the wider Wild Atlantic Way has doubled as everything from fantasy kingdoms to period dramas.
    Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Mar. 2026
  • That’s County Clare’s rugged coastline, and the wider Wild Atlantic Way has doubled as everything from fantasy kingdoms to period dramas.
    Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 23 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • That will not be achieved with our current focus on military strength and power as well as economic domination — only an uneasy peace, until toppled by resistance and rebellion, as all the great empires have been in the past.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Indonesia’s richest man, Michael Bambang Hartono, who helped turn the Djarum cigarette company into one of the country’s largest business empires and later became a controlling shareholder of Bank Central Asia, Indonesia’s biggest private lender, died Thursday.
    Niniek Karmini, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The deportations have been the subject of two legal challenges in Eswatini, which is ruled by a king and is one of the last absolute monarchies in the world.
    Gerald Imray, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Gulf monarchies have barred residents from filming or livestreaming footage of Iranian strikes, with the UAE arresting dozens of people for sharing video of the conflict online.
    ABC News, ABC News, 23 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Many of the messages come from domains that look official but are not government domains.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The breach comes not long after the Justice Department earlier this month seized four domains connected to the Handala group, as part of an ongoing effort to disrupt hacking and transnational repression schemes conducted by the Islamic Republic of Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security.
    Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Whatever their precise content, the blessings of liberty allow people to be something like sovereigns over their own lives.
    Cass Sunstein, Big Think, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The situation weighs on regional risk on the margins, but most of those sovereigns carry strong balance sheets, Appio explained.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • And they are captivated by a vision of an imperial federation, with a parliament in London, where Britain would be an important partner, but just one, and where Canada and the other dominions would have representation.
    David Frum, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2026

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“Emirates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emirates. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.

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