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Recent Examples of emperors
Known for its perfectly fitting stone bricks, the site was built in the 15th century by the Incas and served as a sanctuary for the nation’s emperors.
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CNN Money, 31 Dec. 2025
For young emperors of ice cream, there’s a jump rope that has ice-cream-cone handles ($12) and a pencil sharpener shaped like an ice-cream truck ($24).
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 15 Nov. 2025
The earliest origins of rare intact—and inscribed—Egyptian alabaster vessels like the one examined are generally unknown but span the reigns of Achaemenid emperors Darius, Xerxes, and Artaxerxes, a period covering 550 to 425 BCE, according to the researchers.
—Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2025
As a consequence, manuscripts from the Cotton collection have shelf marks such as Julius D X or Tiberius D III, and lists of such manuscripts are not arranged alphabetically but follow the sequence of Roman emperors.
—Literary Hub, 10 Oct. 2025
Scott's most recent projects include the 2024 sequel Gladiator II, which starred Paul Mescal as the son of Russell Crowe's Maximus, who squares off against tyrannical twin emperors.
—Jessica Wang, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025
So inside of those circles, the weird culty myopia that would have existed around these child emperors that were in charge of things.
—Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2025
By the finale, the galactic chessboard is crowded with players—emperors, rebels, prophets, impostors—but as Hari Seldon (Jared Harris) warned in the very first episode, the center cannot hold.
—Jp Mangalindan, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
There have been eight female emperors, including the most recent Gosakuramachi who ruled from 1762 to 1770.
—Mari Yamaguchi, Twin Cities, 6 Sep. 2025
CNN Money, 31 Dec. 2025
For young emperors of ice cream, there’s a jump rope that has ice-cream-cone handles ($12) and a pencil sharpener shaped like an ice-cream truck ($24).
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 15 Nov. 2025
The earliest origins of rare intact—and inscribed—Egyptian alabaster vessels like the one examined are generally unknown but span the reigns of Achaemenid emperors Darius, Xerxes, and Artaxerxes, a period covering 550 to 425 BCE, according to the researchers.
—Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2025
As a consequence, manuscripts from the Cotton collection have shelf marks such as Julius D X or Tiberius D III, and lists of such manuscripts are not arranged alphabetically but follow the sequence of Roman emperors.
—Literary Hub, 10 Oct. 2025
Scott's most recent projects include the 2024 sequel Gladiator II, which starred Paul Mescal as the son of Russell Crowe's Maximus, who squares off against tyrannical twin emperors.
—Jessica Wang, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025
So inside of those circles, the weird culty myopia that would have existed around these child emperors that were in charge of things.
—Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2025
By the finale, the galactic chessboard is crowded with players—emperors, rebels, prophets, impostors—but as Hari Seldon (Jared Harris) warned in the very first episode, the center cannot hold.
—Jp Mangalindan, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
There have been eight female emperors, including the most recent Gosakuramachi who ruled from 1762 to 1770.
—Mari Yamaguchi, Twin Cities, 6 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for emperors
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With war looming and chaos consuming the kingdom —drawing in the ruthless kings of other Scandinavian countries and even a powerful English ruler — the stage is set for a thundering, cataclysmic, compelling, and utterly magical new Norse saga.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
27 Jan. 2026
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Justice Sonia Sotomayor recently questioned whether Americans know the difference between presidents and kings.—
Jamie Holmes,
Twin Cities,
22 Jan. 2026
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And all these noble lords can’t even remember his name.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Beyond that, the tech lords often suffer the vices of their virtues.—
Walter Russell Mead,
The Atlantic,
24 Jan. 2026
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Biden put this sentiment into action by working with Netanyahu despite serious moral and political failures in Gaza, with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on NATO expansion, and with Gulf potentates on the region’s security architecture.—
James Jeffrey,
Foreign Affairs,
13 Nov. 2025
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And the reason for that is that the default data and the default experience does not coincide with the ratings that the ratings agencies attribute to African sovereigns.—
Harvard Business Review,
Harvard Business Review,
13 Nov. 2025
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Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh, has similarly dropped into deep curtsies when meeting other sovereigns on trips abroad.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Emperors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emperors. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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