as in dominion
royal power over a country
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Recent Examples of scepter
So, after figuring out that an evil scientist was using Loki’s scepter to build an artificial-intelligence system, Stark and Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo) pop it into the Avengers Tower’s mainframe.
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Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
23 Apr. 2026
Myki Meeks was crowned as the Season 18 winner, taking home a $200,000 grand prize courtesy of RuPaul’s Drag Race Match Queen, a custom crown and scepter from Fierce Drag Jewels, and a year’s supply of Anastasia Beverly Hills Cosmetics.
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Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
22 Apr. 2026
At his concert, Busta Rhymes made a grand entrance, donning a crown, a flowing red robe and carrying a scepter — an unmistakable nod to King George from Hamilton.
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Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
12 Apr. 2026
Sticks, staff, swords, sabers, whips or scepters including extendable items.
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Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
22 Dec. 2025
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Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
23 Apr. 2026
Myki Meeks was crowned as the Season 18 winner, taking home a $200,000 grand prize courtesy of RuPaul’s Drag Race Match Queen, a custom crown and scepter from Fierce Drag Jewels, and a year’s supply of Anastasia Beverly Hills Cosmetics.
—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
22 Apr. 2026
At his concert, Busta Rhymes made a grand entrance, donning a crown, a flowing red robe and carrying a scepter — an unmistakable nod to King George from Hamilton.
—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
12 Apr. 2026
Sticks, staff, swords, sabers, whips or scepters including extendable items.
—
Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
22 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for scepter
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scepter
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The British North America Act came into effect, uniting the separate territories of the Province of Canada, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia into one dominion called Canada.
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Italy has a colonial past, of course, and its government forces committed atrocities in areas under Italian dominion in East Africa between the 1880s and 1941.
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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.
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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.
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Guardiola himself just wrapped up an epic 10-year reign at Manchester City that included many trophies—and much debate about whether his teams were truly as magical as his work at Barcelona.
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Cargill ended Stratton’s WWE Women’s Championship reign last year, but now the two stars are fighting over SmackDown’s midcard title.
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The standout is the lordship apartment sequence [in Episode 2] and the jump off the balcony.
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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.
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In fact, at the end of the Lebanese civil war in 1991, Syria established what amounted to absolute political, military and economic hegemony over Lebanon, during which thousands of Lebanese disappeared.
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The way in which sculpture has been used either by ideological regimes or political hegemonies is a long history.
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Complete domination from Portugal in the first half.
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After all, the statistical domination was quite clear.
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The United Arab Emirates and Qatar - which have both been repeatedly struck by Iranian projectiles - condemned Iran's attacks on Bahrain and Kuwait, describing them as violations of those countries' sovereignty and international law.
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Furthermore, owning infrastructure can bolster data privacy and sovereignty, mitigating cybersecurity risks amidst increasing breaches.
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SpaceX just notched a remarkable launch-dominance milestone.
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At the time of merger talks there was speculation the Gurnee Mariano’s wouldn’t make the cut because of the nearby Jewel’s long-time — the company name has been around since 1932 –market dominance across the region.
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“Scepter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scepter. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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