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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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Morris retired the side on 10 pitches to make a winner of Joe Ryan, who struck out nine over six dominant innings.—
Dan Hayes,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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Initially portrayed as an underdog, Bracco rose to become a dominant strategic force that landed a spot in the final three chairs alongside Tai Trang and Michele Fitzgerald.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
21 May 2026
Adjective
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Insurers looking to deny a claim because of war exclusions, typically must demonstrate that an attack was carried out by a sovereign government or under its direction or control.—
Contessa Brewer,Dawn Giel,
CNBC,
19 May 2026
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Even in the event of a return to prewar maritime traffic, Iran now views the strait as sovereign territory and as a primary source of strategic leverage.—
Dr. Robert Mogielnicki,
semafor.com,
19 May 2026
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Finding existential pain on the daybeds would not be CBS’s predominant concern that first season.—
Anna Peele,
Vulture,
20 May 2026
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But a centennial is as good a time as any to fill in what the predominant narrative often leaves out.—
Jasmine Desiree,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
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Philosophy comes back on top as the major of supreme choice.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, issued a directive that near-weapons-grade uranium in the country should not be sent abroad, Reuters reported Thursday, citing Iranian sources.—
Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
22 May 2026
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“Regnant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regnant. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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