Thesaurus results for FIEFS

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

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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

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

The nationwide network is accessible to customers, which include police departments, and has been credited with helping solve crimes.

— Garrett Downs, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2026
Requests for comment were sent to the departments named as defendants in the wide-ranging lawsuit.

— Moriah Balingit, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of departments

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

Although his kiss doesn’t break the curse in this retelling, his bravery and kindness help to unite the fairy and human kingdoms.

— Sarah Scott, Parents, 17 Sep. 2026
Oyo, crowned at age 3 and celebrated worldwide as a child monarch, is being mourned by tens of thousands in a remote border city, underscoring the enduring influence of Uganda’s traditional kingdoms.

— Rodney Muhumuza, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of kingdoms

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

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

Fashion represents 5 percent of industrial production in Italy and there are 47 provinces with production hubs linked to fashion in the country.

— Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026
The warning came despite signs of improvement in other provinces, including Ituri, the outbreak’s epicenter.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026

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