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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.
—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
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
Adjective
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Organizations that delay action delay feedback, and over time, learning velocity, not initial strategy, becomes the dominant driver of performance.—
Matthew C. Meade,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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As his presence became more and more dominant, his work was treated less like music and more like a logo or a brand activation.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
21 Jan. 2026
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Moody’s Ratings cut the United States’ sovereign credit rating down to Aa1 from Aaa in May, citing the budget deficit and high borrowing costs associated with rolling over debt at lofty interest rates.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
20 Jan. 2026
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Private equity and sovereign wealth funds are scouring sports teams and adjacent business for entry points.—
Scott Soshnick,
Sportico.com,
20 Jan. 2026
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Centuries ago, exhalations of humans and animals, in addition to that derived from natural processes such as decay and forest fires, may have been predominant.—
Beronda L. Montgomery,
PEOPLE,
19 Jan. 2026
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The normal response to the rise of a newly predominant power was for others to balance against it.—
Robert Kagan,
The Atlantic,
18 Jan. 2026
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Combine that with his supreme skill and shot making, and the Spurs’ only solution was to hit enough shots of their old to hold on.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
18 Jan. 2026
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Ebrahim Raisi, the president killed in a 2024 helicopter crash, was widely viewed as a protégé of and potential successor to the supreme leader.—
Peter Nicholas,
NBC news,
18 Jan. 2026
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“Regnant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regnant. Accessed 24 Jan. 2026.
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