as in area
a region of activity, knowledge, or influence
you'll have to ask that guy—the project is his fiefdom
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Recent Examples of fiefdom
Los Angeles is the nation’s second biggest city, but art museums in Washington, DC; Chicago; Boston; Houston; and San Francisco all regularly rack up more visitors than his fiefdom on Wilshire.
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Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 6 Mar. 2026
Elsewhere, though, the rules that govern this furry fiefdom defy easy comprehension.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2026
The position became seen by some as a fiefdom within the Port, ripe for potential corruption.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2026
The backstory First mentioned in the annals of history in 1270, this was once the fiefdom of the knights of Chasteigner de la Roche-Posay.
—Lydia Bell, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
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Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 6 Mar. 2026
Elsewhere, though, the rules that govern this furry fiefdom defy easy comprehension.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2026
The position became seen by some as a fiefdom within the Port, ripe for potential corruption.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2026
The backstory First mentioned in the annals of history in 1270, this was once the fiefdom of the knights of Chasteigner de la Roche-Posay.
—Lydia Bell, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fiefdom
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The San Diego Police Department asked the public to avoid the area surrounding the Islamic Center of San Diego.—
Dennis Romero,
NBC news,
19 May 2026
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Guest rooms and suites with spacious living areas are both available, all of course equipped with the famous Four Seasons mattresses and linens that nearly guarantee a sound night’s sleep.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 May 2026
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Where Soap was straightforwardly in the realm of sitcom—leaning toward broad humor, underlined stylistically by the presence of a laugh track—Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman knew just how to strike that sweet spot between screw-loose absurdity and genuine pathos.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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Internationally, however, the film’s distribution prospects rest largely on Cotillard, also burdened with the heaviest dramatic lifting to do as the stricken, unworldly protagonist who bridges the film’s two improbably connected realms.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
18 May 2026
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Look for in-place federation that queries domain systems where the data lives, persistent cross-domain state and discovery that recognizes when signals from different domains belong to the same event.—
Shailesh Manjrekar,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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And to be clear, funding health care and nutrition assistance is explicitly the domain of the state and federal governments.—
Monica Montgomery Steppe,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 May 2026
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Chelsea are due to have nine centre-backs, not including the possibility of any new signings, so this is an obvious department for a clear-out.—
Cerys Jones,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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Councilmember Mai Vang was against sacrificing the ambassadors and again advocated to cut some long-vacant police department positions which could free up millions of dollars in the budget.—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
20 May 2026
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At the Yale University Art Gallery, which is showing the complete series in the photographer’s largest exhibition yet, the images are hung in tall, orderly grids, like a periodic table of the human elements.—
Max Norman,
New Yorker,
21 May 2026
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On paper, certain design elements shouldn’t make sense, like the vine wallpaper mixed with cloth foliage fabric wall coverings, or the houndstooth wallpaper in a bathroom that’s already an alchemy of half a dozen different tile patterns.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 May 2026
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But the setting isn’t, say, a fairy tale village or a mermaid kingdom under the sea, to point at two Disney classics the film gives winking reference to.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
15 May 2026
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Absolute kingdoms of the '90s and early-2000s.—
Zach Dean OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
15 May 2026
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The neighborhood/area Brickell gets a bad rep among visitors as Miami Beach’s boring, business-minded sibling, but a quick walk from the hotel will reveal the up-and-coming neighborhood to be an energizing community lined with vibrant (and clean) shops, restaurants, and bars.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 May 2026
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Jeffers flashed his power again, hitting the go-ahead homer Sunday and finishing 2-for-3 with a walk and two runs scored as the Twins avoided a series sweep.—
Dan Hayes,
New York Times,
18 May 2026
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Alex Smalley leads the field at the 2026 PGA Championship through three rounds of play, with a score of -6.—
Data Skrive,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
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Also, without names, the people are on a level playing field with the snowflakes, who are the man’s new friends, and, without names, the doctors can be known solely by their specialties.—
Deborah Treisman,
New Yorker,
17 May 2026
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“Fiefdom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fiefdom. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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