Thesaurus results for FIEFDOMS

fiefdoms

noun

plural of fiefdom

as in areas

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 fiefdoms Without fiefdoms structuring the distribution of land, the division of labor, and the provision of military protection, agents of state coercion were needed to ensure that former serfs would serve as wage laborers. — Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026 Multiple people remarked with surprise and relief about the success of the coordination effort, given the Senate's reputation as a group of independent-minded legislators leading separate fiefdoms. — Eric McDaniel, NPR, 28 Aug. 2026 There were a lot of writer-editors and little fiefdoms at the time. — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 11 Aug. 2026 While the assistants manage their little fiefdoms, the veteran core of players will keep the standard in the locker room high. — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 25 July 2026 What the week sketched instead is a near-term map of fiefdoms. — Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026 The stand-alone Department of Gun Violence Reduction would supplant the existing mayoral Office of Community Safety, putting under the new department’s control $100 million worth of programs currently handled by other city fiefdoms. — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2026 Individual fiefdoms will survive this disingenuous brand of political gamesmanship, but the governor and other top leaders may not. — Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 4 June 2026 Then there are the lesser houses, the lower fiefdoms squabbling over the crumbs that fall from the big kids’ table. — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 14 May 2026

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Opponents worry that the changes would mean less money getting invested in rural housing, precisely when housing affordability issues are hitting those areas the hardest.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
The driverless section will cover 219 miles, primarily along Interstate 45 between Kodiak facilities in the Dallas and Houston areas.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of areas

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Only 27% of Americans view both the State and Justice departments positively, and while Republicansâ€™ approval of those departments has held relatively steady, itâ€™s also below 50%.

— Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 15 Oct. 2026
Getting different departments to work together is another challenge.

— Inzamam Rashid, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of departments

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For the first time in years, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers — better known as ICANN — is accepting applications for new top-level domains.

— David Pierce, The Verge, 7 Oct. 2026
Attackers hijacked three top-level domains and used their control to mint counterfeit TLS certificates for Google and other large organizations, Google said Tuesday.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of domains

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Dante populated his realms of Hell and Purgatory with figures, monsters and moral frameworks borrowed directly from classical Greek and Roman myths.

— Ed Meza, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
His lack of experience in the realms of ballet, classical music, opera, and jazz, formerly the center’s mainstays, have concerned some onlookers.

— News Desk, Artforum, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of realms

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The researchers encapsulated three commercially available dyes in tiny spheres of poly(methyl methacrylate), or PMMA, a transparent plastic also known as plexiglass.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2026
Wagyu beef and lamb koobideh are formed into bite-size, plump spheres doused in a sweet tomato and sumac glaze.

— Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of spheres

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On the other hand, hunger declined to historically unprecedented levels, food prices fell, life expectancy rose, and countless new industries emerged to absorb the workers no longer needed in the fields.

— Ali Kashani, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026
Floodwaters are beginning to impact farmland, woodlands, nurseries, parks, athletic fields, golf courses, greenways, and boat-access areas with up to 2 feet of inundation.

— NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of fields

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In the bottom of the third, Yamamoto gave up a leadoff single and issued two walks before Yelich came up to the plate with two outs and drove a curveball into center field for two runs.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
Howell’s early Blackheath, London, workroom and her walks along the Suffolk coast.

— Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026

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