fiefs

noun

plural of fief
as in areas
a region of activity, knowledge, or influence the logistics of the relief effort is the director's fief

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Recent Examples of fiefs Small towns in Texas once operated like patriarchal fiefs, with a singular figure dominating local business, politics, and real estate; the town or county may have even shared a name with his family. — Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fiefs
  1. areas
  2. domains
  3. departments
  4. realms
  5. kingdoms
  6. fields
  7. spheres
  8. provinces
Noun
  • Residents in the areas that felt the biggest tremors ​must beware of further strong quakes for about a week as well as the risk of landslides, an official for the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
  • Public areas—including the lobby, restaurants, and meeting spaces—are all wheelchair accessible.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 July 2026
Definition of areas
Noun
  • When network telemetry is integrated into the broader system view, the environment becomes easier to interpret as a single operating reality rather than a collection of disconnected technical domains.
    — Kannan Kothandaraman, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • Campaigns may also register several defensive domains so impersonators cannot claim them first.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026
Definition of domains
Noun
  • There is not a statewide budget allocation for the service, and individual departments would have to foot the bill.
    — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 30 July 2026
  • Kansas City and Independence’s health departments have not responded to inquiries as of Wednesday.
    — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 29 July 2026
Definition of departments
Noun
  • The company has suffered defections from its traditional cable and broadband businesses as younger consumers find different services to connect them to digital realms.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 29 July 2026
  • Only a few isolated pockets stand between the Dark Lord and total victory — Khazad-dûm, where the Dwarves are now sealed deep within their mountain halls, and the elven realms of Lindon and Rivendell, which are protected by their Three Rings.
    — Debbie Day, Entertainment Weekly, 24 July 2026
Definition of realms
Noun
  • For a long time, our leading hypothesis was bullying and violence, but that may be a bit impractical, given their kingdoms are vast networks of tunnels that can stretch for up to three kilometers.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 21 July 2026
  • These stresses put pressure on all of the existing, interconnected kingdoms in the Mediterranean.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 20 July 2026
Definition of kingdoms
Noun
  • Like many inland dikes, the barrier in agricultural fields near the small town of Waddinxveen, east of The Hague, is made of peat that needs to be damp to be strong enough to hold back water.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
  • But the two men want additional amenities such as pickleball courts or soccer fields that give more people a reason to keep coming back.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of fields
Noun
  • While many people see technology and nature as two separate spheres, FNN is proving how the two can work in tandem, mitigating natural disasters through the use of AI.
    — Elizabeth MacBride, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
  • Large, stone spheres by Polish artist Alicja Kwade fill the rectangular courtyard.
    — The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2026
Definition of spheres
Noun
  • Those include not only the provincial-level Tibet Autonomous Region but also parts of neighboring provinces like Sichuan, where Cheogyal is from.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
  • In Germany, firefighters using drones and helicopters battled a forest fire near the Austrian border, according to the Associated Press, while in Turkey, responders tackled forest fires in four western provinces.
    — Eleanor Beardsley, NPR, 31 July 2026
Definition of provinces

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“Fiefs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fiefs. Accessed 2 Aug. 2026.

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