as in aristocracies
individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class
a political fund-raiser attended by the royalty of the Hollywood scene
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Recent Examples of royalties
The new deal will allow over 330,000 rights holders to receive royalties where their music is used on Audius across a broad territorial footprint, including sub-Saharan Africa and Asia Pacific.
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Thania Garcia, Variety, 2 Jan. 2025
Some examples of passive income include rental income, dividends, royalties, and online businesses.
—Melissa Houston, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Licensing agreements need to specify clear terms, including upfront fees for dataset usage, royalties for derivative works, and auditing mechanisms to ensure compliance.
—Virginie Berger, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
James’ first Nike deal was worth more than $100 million, including bonuses and royalties, over seven years.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 30 Dec. 2024
Domino's primarily generates revenues by charging royalties to franchisees as well as selling food, equipment, and supplies to franchisees.
—Gurufocus, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
Designers then earn royalties every time their design is used.
—Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 26 Dec. 2024
The service recently instituted a policy in which a track that registers fewer than a thousand streams in a twelve-month span earns no royalties at all.
—Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Unearned, or investment, income includes interest, dividends, capital gains, annuity distributions (taxable distributions only and only when not from a qualified retirement plan), royalties, and passive real estate rental income.
—Bob Carlson, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Thania Garcia, Variety, 2 Jan. 2025
Some examples of passive income include rental income, dividends, royalties, and online businesses.
—Melissa Houston, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Licensing agreements need to specify clear terms, including upfront fees for dataset usage, royalties for derivative works, and auditing mechanisms to ensure compliance.
—Virginie Berger, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
James’ first Nike deal was worth more than $100 million, including bonuses and royalties, over seven years.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 30 Dec. 2024
Domino's primarily generates revenues by charging royalties to franchisees as well as selling food, equipment, and supplies to franchisees.
—Gurufocus, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
Designers then earn royalties every time their design is used.
—Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 26 Dec. 2024
The service recently instituted a policy in which a track that registers fewer than a thousand streams in a twelve-month span earns no royalties at all.
—Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Unearned, or investment, income includes interest, dividends, capital gains, annuity distributions (taxable distributions only and only when not from a qualified retirement plan), royalties, and passive real estate rental income.
—Bob Carlson, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for royalties
Noun
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Judge holds career bests of 10.60 in the 100 and 21.85 in the 200.—
Matt Roy,
Boston Herald,
11 July 2025
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In 2017, thousands of men ran 400-meter times that were faster than the personal bests of Olympic gold medalists Sanya Richards-Ross and Allyson Felix.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 July 2025
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Xi must know that old societies tend to be pacific and that China is getting old fast.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
23 Dec. 2024
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Then, five thousand or so years ago, after agriculture spread and prehistory gave way to history, hierarchies emerged, dividing our societies into groups—the socioeconomic élites and everyone else.—
Nikhil Krishnan,
The New Yorker,
23 Dec. 2024
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If the high court elects to take up the case, the justices would be tasked with asking if such bans on adults ages 18 through 20 from purchasing firearms are legal.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
8 June 2025
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Members of Iranian paramilitary women forces (Basij) wear masks of Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US elect Donald Trump with a red cross of it, during an anti-Israeli rally to show their solidarity with the Palestinian and Lebanese people, in Tehran, January 10, 2025.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 June 2025
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“Royalties.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/royalties. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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