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Recent Examples of regnant
Even Germany, with many former Nazis regnant in public life, and unabashedly fascist Spain could be accommodated in the West’s anti-totalitarian community, helped by historians such as Ernst Nolte, who argued that Nazism and fascism were simply consequences of Bolshevism.
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Rosa Lyster,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
Since the outbreak of the Covid pandemic, anti-Chinese sentiment has become not merely trendy, but politically regnant.
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Sam Thielman,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
Her opponent, nonprofit leader and billionaire's son Josh Kraft, and who's campaigning against what he's characterized as Wu's regnant leadership style.
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Mike Deehan,
Axios,
19 Mar. 2025
Within many of our most crucial institutions, suppositions that would have been considered the height of lunacy even a few years ago have become regnant overnight.
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Charles C. W. Cooke,
National Review,
27 June 2023
This was not always the case in Japan — there have been eight empresses regnant throughout history — but the Imperial Household Law introduced in 1947 restricts the throne to the male line of succession and requires women who marry outside of the family to leave.
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Emily Krauser,
Peoplemag,
13 Apr. 2023
The trope tends to elegize artists who are perceived to be ahead of their time or otherwise inimical to regnant conventions.
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Peter Schjeldahl,
The New Yorker,
19 July 2021
Their leaders speak with a regnant air, hammering the notion that their return to power is all but inevitable.
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Los Angeles Times,
18 July 2021
Rosa Lyster,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
Since the outbreak of the Covid pandemic, anti-Chinese sentiment has become not merely trendy, but politically regnant.
—
Sam Thielman,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
Her opponent, nonprofit leader and billionaire's son Josh Kraft, and who's campaigning against what he's characterized as Wu's regnant leadership style.
—
Mike Deehan,
Axios,
19 Mar. 2025
Within many of our most crucial institutions, suppositions that would have been considered the height of lunacy even a few years ago have become regnant overnight.
—
Charles C. W. Cooke,
National Review,
27 June 2023
This was not always the case in Japan — there have been eight empresses regnant throughout history — but the Imperial Household Law introduced in 1947 restricts the throne to the male line of succession and requires women who marry outside of the family to leave.
—
Emily Krauser,
Peoplemag,
13 Apr. 2023
The trope tends to elegize artists who are perceived to be ahead of their time or otherwise inimical to regnant conventions.
—
Peter Schjeldahl,
The New Yorker,
19 July 2021
Their leaders speak with a regnant air, hammering the notion that their return to power is all but inevitable.
—
Los Angeles Times,
18 July 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for regnant
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Brazil cruised past Scotland in a dominant victory in Miami.
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Without registering a goal or an assist, Pedri has been the best passer in a Spain midfield unit that has looked secure and dominant with the ball, albeit against two far less talented opponents.
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However, the dream of fully sovereign AI inevitably runs up against hard constraints around compute, capital, and energy.
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The firm raised the money from regional sovereign wealth funds and global investors, Bloomberg reported.
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The name of the predominant flavor must appear as part of the product name.
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Matthew Harmon of the Lake County Sheriff’s Office, representing law enforcement, the predominant users of ALPRs in the area.
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Williams’ raw, supreme talent was still there for everyone to see in the third set, so too were the magic moments that called for several more standing ovations.
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Best Pants Arrivals This summer, linen shorts, pull-on pants, and wearable silk will reign supreme.
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“Regnant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regnant. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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