monarchy

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Recent Examples of monarchy In marrying into, then blowing the whistle on, the British monarchy, Meghan has both inspired love and hope and fangirls and been targeted with hate, including a torrent of racist, sexist abuse from the British tabloids and gross commentary from President Trump. Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, 7 Mar. 2025 These nods to a long association with the British monarchy started in 1903 when Penhaligon’s was awarded its first Royal Warrant by the Queen Consort to King Edward VII, Queen Alexandra. Gemma A. Williams, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025 At the time, Newsweek was told this was connected to the king's desire to slim down the monarchy and that Harry and Meghan had wanted their children to get what Eugenie and Beatrice were given. Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025 Yeah, there seems to be affection for the original line of royalty who were all about sharing resources, even though communism, or even socialism, is at odds with monarchy. Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 21 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for monarchy
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Noun
  • But a slave mentality remains deeply ingrained in Russian minds, along with a latent monarchism and paternalism.
    Nikita Petrov, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2017
  • But for anyone outside the British elite, the constitutional monarchism that emerged after the civil wars did not look much like democracy or true liberty.
    Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024
Noun
  • Within days, over 300 soup kitchens run by Emergency Response Rooms, a network of democracy activists turned volunteer aid workers, were forced to close.
    Declan Walsh, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2025
  • The stage of democracy Artists and arts organizations have a long legacy of persistence and strategic organizing during periods of political and economic upheaval.
    Johanna K. Taylor, The Conversation, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Related Articles Mathews: The American democratic republic is dead.
    CNN.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Robust discussion and disagreement are equally important to maintaining a healthy constitutional republic.
    Daniel Hall, The Conversation, 24 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • In the benchmark survey, known as Bright Line Watch, U.S.-based professors rate the performance of American democracy on a scale from zero (complete dictatorship) to 100 (perfect democracy).
    Frank Langfitt, NPR, 22 Apr. 2025
  • In the late 1970s, Argentina was under the heel of a military dictatorship.
    Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Since the 15th century, the number of recipients has been related to the years of the sovereign’s life.
    Simon Perry, People.com, 17 Apr. 2025
  • The sovereign has no governmental power in the U.K. or influence on RAVEC.
    Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • At times Oman can seem hidden away from the world, a glittering white kingdom by a sapphire sea, governed by a benevolent monarch.
    Chris Wallace, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2025
  • History has seen the rise and fall of countless empires, from Ghengis Khan’s Mongol Empire to the kingdom of Assyria.
    Rosie McCall, Discover Magazine, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • That's when Polish King Jan III Sobieski, the ruler of the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth, came to the rescue of the besieged Austrian capital.
    Danuta Hamlin, FOXNews.com, 13 Apr. 2025
  • The commonwealth also tends to vote for the party that is not in the White House during its off-year gubernatorial election.
    Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 5 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The Trump administration’s new tariffs, including a 10% base tariff on most nations, have led to stock market declines and production interruptions, prompting many businesses to reassess hiring and financial health.
    Jack Kelly, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Rather, given Cascadian ecology—the primary focus of Carr’s images—understandings of her imaginative creations might also be constructed irrespective of nation: an artist seen primarily in relation to her place, itself her subject.
    Emily Zarevich, JSTOR Daily, 26 Apr. 2025

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