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as in rulers
one who rules over a people with a sole, supreme, and usually hereditary authority
the ruling monarch of Britain at that time was Queen Elizabeth I
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as in magnates
a person of rank, power, or influence in a particular field
the glitzy gala was attended by most of the reigning monarchs of the recording industry
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Recent Examples of monarchs
That those women and men who died to end slavery, to win basic rights, to win the vote, to dethrone monarchs and destroy the ancien régime, to fight Czarism and fascism and Nazism and imperialism and apartheid, were in some way our moral betters.
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Jack Sheehan
september 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
Each year, millions of monarchs migrate from Canada and the United States to the oyamel fir trees of Michoacán and Estado de México.
—Gaby Keiderling, Robb Report, 4 Sep. 2025
At the end of each summer, the monarchs are tagged and released to track population change ahead of their annual migration to central Mexico.
—Alyssa N. Salcedo, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Though most monarchs live their entire lives in castles and palaces, the late queen was not born expecting to ascend to the throne.
—Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 3 Sep. 2025
Some of the most common species, like monarchs, are still present, but in far fewer numbers.
—Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2025
The zoo participates in conservation efforts by tagging monarchs and reporting sightings to track their migration.
—Madalyn Mendoza, Axios, 21 Mar. 2025
In the last three decades, the population of monarchs has suffered a 90% decline.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
The monarchs weighed down the trees’ boughs in enormous, swollen clusters and danced around white blossoms that laced the ground cover.
—Chloe Berge, AFAR Media, 14 Mar. 2025
Jack Sheehan
september 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
Each year, millions of monarchs migrate from Canada and the United States to the oyamel fir trees of Michoacán and Estado de México.
—Gaby Keiderling, Robb Report, 4 Sep. 2025
At the end of each summer, the monarchs are tagged and released to track population change ahead of their annual migration to central Mexico.
—Alyssa N. Salcedo, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Though most monarchs live their entire lives in castles and palaces, the late queen was not born expecting to ascend to the throne.
—Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 3 Sep. 2025
Some of the most common species, like monarchs, are still present, but in far fewer numbers.
—Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2025
The zoo participates in conservation efforts by tagging monarchs and reporting sightings to track their migration.
—Madalyn Mendoza, Axios, 21 Mar. 2025
In the last three decades, the population of monarchs has suffered a 90% decline.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
The monarchs weighed down the trees’ boughs in enormous, swollen clusters and danced around white blossoms that laced the ground cover.
—Chloe Berge, AFAR Media, 14 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for monarchs
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Across centuries, rulers who built their power on fear or oppression seemed immovable in their day.—
John Hope Bryant,
Time,
6 Sep. 2025
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Writers and rulers across Europe and the Americas have looked back to Virgil’s epic as a model for their own founding myths, in the construction of new nations, new colonies, new empires.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
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This year’s Davos summit seated several religious figures at the same tables hosting bond-market briefings alongside the usual presidents, central-bank chiefs, and software magnates.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Aug. 2025
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Out of a desire for independence, Dwek left Newmark and secured a job working for property magnates Simon and David Reuben.—
Alison Coleman,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Transport yourself back in time to the days where kings and queens ruled, and see over 100 daily shows.—
Caroline Ritzie,
The Enquirer,
3 Sep. 2025
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Sitting for a portrait was once reserved for the elite, with kings, queens, and nobility commissioning grand works to immortalize themselves and assert their authority.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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Not dabblers in the slave trade, tycoons of the slave trade.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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At Evergrande’s listing party in 2009, Hui was joined by many of Hong Kong’s tycoons, including Cheng Yu-tung, the late founder of Hong Kong property giant New World Development, and Chinese Estates’ founder Joseph Lau.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
25 Aug. 2025
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Credit rating agencies are sharpening their focus on climate vulnerability, raising questions about whether sectors or sovereigns with large protection gaps could face higher borrowing costs.—
Felicia Jackson,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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The project is described to us as in the vein of King Lear and Succession, charting the rivalry between two princes over a renowned Korean painting.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
4 Sep. 2025
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With nanny Olga Powell and mom Diana, the young princes enjoyed an open-sleigh ride in Lech, Austria, on March 30, 1993.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
People.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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“Monarchs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monarchs. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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