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 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 There were too many divisions, too many fiefdoms. — CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026

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Noun

By Monday morning, waves began to crash and flood coastal areas.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026
Separated into two areas, the first is the mellow bar (for pre and post-spa cocktails, mocktails, and detox juices) and four quirky pink manicure pods that look like disjointed train carriages.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of areas

Noun

Her departure is not related to a round of layoffs that hit Disney this week; those cuts came primarily in the company’s tech and human resources departments.

— Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026
Representatives for North Texas law enforcement agencies, including federal departments, shared Tuesday afternoon that 19 people have been indicted following the breakup of a drug trafficking organization.

— Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of departments

Noun

Another key potential of self-optimizing systems is expected to be superintelligence, where AI becomes cognitively smarter than humans across more and more domains.

— Keith Tidman, Baltimore Sun, 24 Sep. 2026
Complex domains demand established standards that cannot be short-circuited.

— Mo Husain, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of domains

Noun

Funke, as a whole, keeps fine-tuning in both the savory and sweet realms.

— Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
Meanwhile, the Smithsonian underwent a political awakening during the 2020 upheaval over the COVID-19 pandemic and murder of George Floyd that echoed responses in academia and other progressive realms.

— Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of realms

Noun

Or rather, an emotional problem that was managed through food and, consequently, a sense of the violence directed at obese bodies and all that this entails in various spheres.

— Roberto Prieto, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026
Perfect circles, balls, spheres adrift somewhere in her imagination.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of spheres

Noun

With sport fields and courts, playgrounds, a community center, pool, splash pad, and more, the spot is always buzzing with activity.

— Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2026
Hundreds of British troops crisscrossed fields with thousands of metres of razor wire and dug a long ditch that was later partially filled with water to act as a moat to keep the Protestant marchers away from the Catholic enclave.

— Amanda Ferguson Reuters, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of fields

Noun

It’s equipped with a cushioned running belt and shock-absorbing pads for smooth walks.

— Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2026
Gyms, group fitness, run clubs, community walks, and events like Hyrox are where people train together, and those environments naturally connect our product and our community strategy.

— Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026

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