mikados

plural of mikado

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for mikados
Noun
  • Your opponent wins because the kings cancel out while the ace trumps the queen.
    — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026
  • But the thrash metal kings shifted into the mainstream long ago.
    — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 19 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Modern-day courtiers and princes–to say nothing of bureaucrats–should not be the ones deciding what gets made and who gets to see it.
    — Christopher Koopman, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Fictional princes fill pop culture, from heroic leaders in science fiction empires to charming ones in modern takes on classic fairy tales.
    — Sarah Scott, Parents, 17 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The government efforts to make sure that male royals are producing male emperors have triggered criticisms.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The play follows a press secretary to the Roman emperors, played by Annaleigh Ashford in the New York production opposite Joe Tapper as a journalist, with Christopher Ryan Grant as a nameless imperial official.
    — Mariah Kreutter, New York Times, 22 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Robots, Barbie dolls, Supermans, T-rexes and princesses began to form in a circular line around the perimeter of the gym.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Getting paid to dress up, ride horses, and playact alongside long-haired hunks and red-lipped princesses?
    — Alessandra Schade, Vanity Fair, 28 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • In early English law, the silva forestis was a place for lords to chase game and for ordinary people to gather wood.
    — James Whorton Jr, Longreads, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Colombian police have arrested the wife and daughter of one of Ecuador's most powerful drug lords who was extradited to the United States last year, President Abelardo de la Espriella said Sunday.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Investors get scared the same way moguls go bankrupt, gradually, then quickly.
    — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Netanyahu has been accused of offering or exchanging favors with wealthy associates and media moguls for political gain.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Years later, in 2018, Zapcic rode into the spotlight on a dapple-gray Andalusian, making Medieval Times history as one of the first-ever queens to ride in procession.
    — Alessandra Schade, Vanity Fair, 28 Oct. 2026
  • This earlier Russell work did not include acid queens, pinball wizards, or teenage-wasteland messiahs.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • If a man is thought-free, fancy-free, imagination-free, that which is not never for a long time appearing to be to him, unwise rulers or reformers cannot fatally interrupt him.
    — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
  • China's rulers did not find anything funny about Mbappe's interaction with the meme.
    — Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026
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“Mikados.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mikados. Accessed 2 Nov. 2026.

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