sheikhs

variants or sheiks
Definition of sheikhsnext
plural of sheikh

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sheikhs
Noun
  • The arrival of the Targaryen princes is a big deal for the town of Ashford and the knights and lords and ladies assembled there.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Per Architectural Digest, another of the ship’s staircases could be converted into a water slide for the young princes and princess to use.
    Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 12 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • But all the nattering nabobs of negativism who’d normally have been concentrating on Maura’s catastrophic first term had to devote at least a little attention to recounting one of the Wu Klux Klan’s more embarrassing moments of 2025.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 21 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • In the early 1900s, the region launched Neiman Marcus, a luxury store that catered to the tastes of local cotton and oil barons.
    Trevor Bach, Dallas Morning News, 26 Jan. 2026
  • By the early 20th century, after several centuries of rape, disease, enslavement, and land confiscation by colonizers, rubber barons, and loggers, their numbers had been reduced to 300.
    Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The young women and their cavaliers headed to L’Arc, a nightclub in Paris situated near the Shangri-La; there, the group continued their celebrations some hours later.
    Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 1 Dec. 2025
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“Sheikhs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sheikhs. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.

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