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Adjective
Charles will wear St Edward's Crown and the Imperial State Crown, while Camila will wear Queen Mary's Crown. Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 Apr. 2023 The acquisition also adds a central Alabama distribution center to Imperial’s network. William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 20 Apr. 2023
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In 1918, Bolshevik secret police forced Anastasia Romanov and her imperial family into a damp basement to face a merciless firing squad. Ashlee Conour, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025 The tracks, gun-barrel straight, are some of the only working vestiges of the Cape-to-Cairo railway, the 19th century British imperial boondoggle that aimed to tie the continent together from Egypt to South Africa. The Editors, Outside, 31 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for imperial
Recent Examples of Synonyms for imperial
Adjective
  • Porsche calls it an e-turbo, and the whole magnificent setup a T-hybrid.
    Mark Phelan, Freep.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • On a quest to break the spell, Sophie climbs aboard Howl’s magnificent moving castle and into a new life of wonder and adventure.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This makeup remover helps maintain hydration, thanks to tangerine peel extract, squalene, and a blend of traditional Korean oils such as pine nut oil, camellia seed oil, and plum seed oil.
    Iman Balagam, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Erythritol, xylitol and sorbitol are sugar alcohols, a carbohydrate found naturally in tiny quantities in foods such as cauliflower, eggplant, lettuce, mushrooms, spinach, plums, raspberries and strawberries.
    Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The combination of Kraft and Heinz, wed with glorious self-praise in 2015, will be legally rent asunder.
    Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • This even includes Queen Bey’s glorious hair.
    Larry Stansbury, Essence, 4 Sep. 2025
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  • Friedrich Kadgien was a Nazi leader who became deeply involved in acquiring currency, securities and diamonds that had been stolen or bought by force from Jewish victims.
    Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Beyoncé gave husband Jay-Z a $5 million Hublot Big Bang watch encrusted with nearly 1,300 diamonds on his 43rd birthday.
    Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • But the Ravens are gaining on them after blowing a 15-point lead to the Bills in the fourth quarter of the teams’ epic opener Sunday night.
    Mike Sando, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The Alcaraz and Sinner trilogy in major finals began with an epic French Open final that came in at a whopping five hours and 29 minutes.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
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  • This isn't the first time Margoyles has made viewers of the popular show clutch their pearls from her unfiltered musings.
    Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The pearl, in this analogy, is an interpretive reading.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • But the issues have reportedly caused a strain in their relationship to the point that the two have barely interacted during the royal family’s annual summer holiday at Balmoral.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Though the mother of three has made subtle changes to her hair color over the years, this latest hairstyle appears to be the lightest shade she's opted for since joining the royal family.
    KiMi Robinson, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
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  • Its crown jewel was the balcony, which opened up to uninterrupted views of the lake and the hotel's waterfront promenade.
    Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The Joe Gibbs Racing driver reigns as champion of the Cup Series’ crown jewel at Darlington Raceway once again, sweeping the stages, leading 309 of 367 laps and holding off Tyler Reddick to tame one of the sport’s toughest races Sunday.
    Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 1 Sep. 2025

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“Imperial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imperial. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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