as in dominion
royal power over a country
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Recent Examples of scepter
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 4 winner Monét X Change now has a lovely engagement ring to glisten alongside her crown and scepter.
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Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2025
Apparently, that answer is a resounding yes, as Ginger Minj was declared the winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 10, taking home a crown, a scepter, a one-year supply of Anastasia Beverly Hills cosmetics and, of course, that $200,000 grand prize.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 18 July 2025
The scepter represents power and authority and is held by the monarch during the coronation ceremony.
—Madison Dapcevich, Discover Magazine, 30 June 2025
The scepter pierced the ground of the Huanacaure mountain, and so rose the glimmering empire of Cuzco.
—Ana Karina Zatarain, New Yorker, 21 June 2025
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Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2025
Apparently, that answer is a resounding yes, as Ginger Minj was declared the winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 10, taking home a crown, a scepter, a one-year supply of Anastasia Beverly Hills cosmetics and, of course, that $200,000 grand prize.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 18 July 2025
The scepter represents power and authority and is held by the monarch during the coronation ceremony.
—Madison Dapcevich, Discover Magazine, 30 June 2025
The scepter pierced the ground of the Huanacaure mountain, and so rose the glimmering empire of Cuzco.
—Ana Karina Zatarain, New Yorker, 21 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scepter
Noun
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During the Cold War, Radio Free Europe broadcast news to parts of Eastern Europe that were under Communist dominion.—
Dexter Filkins,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
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His strong-arming of universities, law firms, and media companies is a response to real problems, but his actions seem aimed more at harming those entities—and expanding his dominion over them—than at crafting enduring fixes.—
Stephen Kotkin,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Everyone in the imperium knows the emperor is a nincompoop—and yet no one wants to go out on a limb to criticize him.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
14 Oct. 2025
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The Islamic Republic of Iran is motivated by a desire to bring about the end times and usher in an everlasting Islamic imperium.—
Mike Coté,
National Review,
20 July 2025
Noun
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After her historic 70-year reign came to an end in 2022, Queen Elizabeth's son was crowned king.—
Emma Banks,
InStyle,
7 Jan. 2026
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Browns are Back Gray’s long reign has officially come to an end.—
Sophie Aliece Hollis,
Martha Stewart,
7 Jan. 2026
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The standout is the lordship apartment sequence [in Episode 2] and the jump off the balcony.—
Leia Mendoza,
Variety,
26 Sep. 2025
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Under the Zhou dynasty, many smaller lordships fought for power in their regions including Hubei Province where the tombs are buried, according to Britannica.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
22 Apr. 2024
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Venezuela must not become the laboratory of a new American hegemony in Latin America.—
Boris Muñoz,
Time,
12 Jan. 2026
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Establishing hemispheric hegemony is vital.—
Nicole Russell,
USA Today,
8 Jan. 2026
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Experts are concerned about China’s domination of the world market for rare-earth minerals, which are essential to the equipment that powers much of modern life.—
Dexter Filkins,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
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Everything else is a euphemism for old fashioned domination that the region has spent generations trying to escape.—
Boris Muñoz,
Time,
12 Jan. 2026
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The new agreement says that Ukraine’s sovereignty and its ability to defend itself are non-negotiable elements of any peace deal and warned that its self-defense is essential to its own security and wider Euro-Atlantic stability.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
7 Jan. 2026
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Fundamentally, sending in our own military to make the arrest on foreign soil without the consent of the other country would still violate international law and the sovereignty of Venezuela.—
Elie Mystal,
Washington Post,
7 Jan. 2026
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On others, the BBC remains comfortably ahead of YouTube, but for the broadcaster to be supplanted on even a single metric is notable, given its decades-long dominance in Britain.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
13 Jan. 2026
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Behavioral psychology calls this coercive control, maintaining dominance through unpredictability, dependency, and psychological pressure rather than overt force.—
Rabbi Bruce D. Forman,
Sun Sentinel,
13 Jan. 2026
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