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Recent Examples of khan
The Nizari imams claim direct descent from the Prophet Mohammed; it has been rumored that the current khan’s personal fortune is $13.3 billion.
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John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
Her tribe also elected her as its khan, its leader, after her father died.
—Hannah Fish, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Feb. 2024
As Russia, under the rule of the Mongol khans, missed the European Renaissance, so, too, had Putin missed the romantic period of perestroika.
—Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023
William does not explain Batu’s decision, but presumably Batu, as a regional leader, handled all domestic matters related to his own jurisdiction but had to refer matters of international diplomacy to the great khan.
—Valerie Hansen, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2022
John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
Her tribe also elected her as its khan, its leader, after her father died.
—Hannah Fish, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Feb. 2024
As Russia, under the rule of the Mongol khans, missed the European Renaissance, so, too, had Putin missed the romantic period of perestroika.
—Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023
William does not explain Batu’s decision, but presumably Batu, as a regional leader, handled all domestic matters related to his own jurisdiction but had to refer matters of international diplomacy to the great khan.
—Valerie Hansen, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for khan
Noun
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The works come from the museum’s large collection of masterpieces of American and European modern art that was acquired by the wife of the former shah in the 1970s.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 May 2026
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After the shah finished transforming Isfahan into the capital, the Chahār Bāgh, Isfahan’s central commercial artery, expanded across the river via Si-o-Se Pol.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
8 May 2026
Noun
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The second part, loosely based on the siege of Chitor in 1303 by the Delhi sultan Alauddin Khalji, shifts from historical narrative into allegory.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
9 Apr. 2026
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Beren serves all the mezza favorites like hummus, babaghanoush, feta and pink sultan (a red beet dip).—
Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Then the prince traveled to the River Bain Hydro in Bainbridge, Wensleydale.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
5 May 2026
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The characters of Prince Adam, He-Man’s alter ego, dressed in a pink vest and seen by some fans as an icon for the LGBTQ+ community, and Orko, a blundering extraterrestrial wizard who helps the prince, were introduced as action figures in 1984.—
Sanat Pai RaikarAll,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
4 May 2026
Noun
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His grandfather, Charles I, was the last emperor before being dethroned at the end of the First World War and the empire being dissolved.—
Luke Smith,
New York Times,
6 May 2026
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Adaptogens have been used for thousands of years, dating as far back as Emperor Shen-Nung, the second of China’s emperors (3500-2600 BC).—
Ryan Brennan
May 6,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 May 2026
Noun
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The home has a comfortable, king-sized bed and a private bathroom, too.—
Kimberley Mok,
Travel + Leisure,
10 May 2026
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The award marks further recognition of both creator-writer Raphael Montes, king of crime fiction in Brazil, and in this case HBO Max Latin America’s first original telenovela as global streamers move very successfully into the long series format.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
10 May 2026
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Number one pick Azzi Fudd (the reigning people’s princess of women’s basketball) glided her way through the night in three different looks and officially joined the Dallas Wings, the team that her partner, Paige Bueckers, also happens to play for, in a delightful twist.—
Yohana Desta,
Vanity Fair,
7 May 2026
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The princess first wore yesterday’s suit for a charity engagement in east London in 2023, and again for an audience with Jordan’s Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II and Princess Rajwa Al Hussein in 2025.—
Daniel Rodgers,
Vogue,
7 May 2026
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In 2017, four regional rivals implemented a land and air blockade of Qatar, citing comments by its emir praising Iran as a great power.—
Shane Harris,
The Atlantic,
26 Mar. 2026
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In 2010, a Qatari emir argued, in private correspondence released by WikiLeaks, that the Iranians could not be trusted.—
Ruth Margalit,
New Yorker,
17 Mar. 2026
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Contemporary art work, frescoes and artifacts discovered during the property’s restoration, including a marble head of the Roman empress Livia Drusilla, are also on display.—
Catherine Garcia,
TheWeek,
8 Apr. 2026
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She is especially recognized for her starring role as the Russian empress Catherine II in the Hulu show The Great (2020–23), for which she was nominated for an Emmy Award for best actress in a comedy series.—
Frannie Comstock,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Khan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/khan. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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