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Recent Examples of kingship
Each period touches on three themes: society, kingship, and beliefs.
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Nada El Sawy, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Dec. 2024
That’s the only boring nonsense about kingship is that you’re supposed to have an heir.
—Marc Malkin, Variety, 15 June 2024
At its founding, Rome was a kingship, but when subsequent kings became tyrannical, the Roman people overthrew the monarchy and established a republic, which had a remarkable history and lasted almost 500 years.
—Vickie B. Sullivan, The Conversation, 5 June 2024
In fairness, his reward was a centuries-long life and the kingship of Númenor, an island of men similarly endowed with longevity.
—Jack Butler, National Review, 31 Dec. 2023
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Nada El Sawy, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Dec. 2024
That’s the only boring nonsense about kingship is that you’re supposed to have an heir.
—Marc Malkin, Variety, 15 June 2024
At its founding, Rome was a kingship, but when subsequent kings became tyrannical, the Roman people overthrew the monarchy and established a republic, which had a remarkable history and lasted almost 500 years.
—Vickie B. Sullivan, The Conversation, 5 June 2024
In fairness, his reward was a centuries-long life and the kingship of Númenor, an island of men similarly endowed with longevity.
—Jack Butler, National Review, 31 Dec. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kingship
Noun
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And Trump’s panic brought on higher prices during Biden’s presidency that had nothing to do with inflation.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2025
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To be fair, Washington’s neglect of Latin America and China’s rise in the region began about two decades ago, long before Trump’s first presidency.—
Andres Oppenheimer,
Miami Herald,
16 May 2025
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For instance, during Rafael Trujillo’s dictatorship in the Dominican Republic from 1930 to 1961, the head of intelligence, Johnny Abbes, was plucked from obscurity in Mexico and in 1958 began to lead the dictator’s repression machine.—
Erica Frantz,
The Conversation,
16 May 2025
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In the Soviet dictatorship, this was meant literally: engineers and senior managers in charge of color film production would be denounced, arrested, and executed during the Great Purges of 1937–1838.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
15 May 2025
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Vocally, van den Heever falls short of the comprehensive mastery shown by Karita Mattila in the Met’s previous production.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
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Data mastery and airtight security are inseparable components of retail success.—
Nitesh Mirchandani,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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Early polls currently show for the governorship Democratic former Representative Abigail Spanberger leading polls against Republican candidate Earle-Sears, the current lieutenant governor.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
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The son of former Gov. Steve Beshear won the Kentucky governorship in 2019 and, in his first term, kept a low profile nationally.—
David Mark,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Mar. 2025
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Brunson earns the nod here as my second East backcourt starter because of his overall efficiency and floor generalship.—
Eric Koreen,
The Athletic,
22 Jan. 2025
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Brunson earns the nod here as my second East backcourt starter because of his overall efficiency and floor generalship.—
Eric Koreen,
The Athletic,
22 Jan. 2025
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Even after the restoration of full sovereignty with German reunification in 1990, German officials still trod lightly.—
Mark I. Vail,
The Conversation,
16 May 2025
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As a result, its ability to translate regulatory ambitions into digital sovereignty is limited.—
Ian Bremmer,
Foreign Affairs,
13 May 2025
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As the superintendency reports, continued archaeological investigations will hopefully reveal more about the tomb and the surrounding necropolis, which may illuminate the social history of the ancient Neapolitan community that used it.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 July 2024
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The superintendency for the largest suburban school district in southwest Ohio became vacant in January 2023, after former superintendent Matt Miller said a board member bullied him out of his position.—
Bebe Hodges,
The Enquirer,
4 May 2024
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Indian spirituality, with its emphasis on the interconnectedness of life, was an important check on the hubris of American individualism and biblical notions of how the world had been given by God to man to have dominion over.—
Andrew Moore,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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By making his milieu familiar to a modern audience, Hytner and Bailey ignore the profound strangeness of Richard, who gains dominion over himself only by letting a nation slip through his fingers.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Kingship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kingship. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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