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also sovrans
as in rulers
one who rules over a people with a sole, supreme, and usually hereditary authority
after the current sovereign dies, the monarchy may be abolished
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Recent Examples of sovereigns
This has seen both sovereigns and corporates raising billions of dollars in conventional bonds and sukuk over recent months.
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Melissa Hancock,
Fortune,
30 June 2026
Korea's plan is evidence that the buyer base is widening, and widening upward, to sovereigns.
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Jon Markman,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
But a series of 15th century directives from the Vatican authorized Portuguese sovereigns to conquer Africa and the Americas and enslave non-Christians.
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Nicole Winfield,
Los Angeles Times,
25 May 2026
Encouraged and frightened by the events at Naples, other sovereigns granted constitutions.
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Britannica Editors,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
12 Mar. 2026
Whatever their precise content, the blessings of liberty allow people to be something like sovereigns over their own lives.
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Cass Sunstein,
Big Think,
5 Mar. 2026
And the reason for that is that the default data and the default experience does not coincide with the ratings that the ratings agencies attribute to African sovereigns.
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Harvard Business Review,
13 Nov. 2025
Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh, has similarly dropped into deep curtsies when meeting other sovereigns on trips abroad.
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Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 2025
Wall Street, institutions and even sovereigns are migrating infrastructure onto the blockchain and ETH is well positioned to capture value through various channels.
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Todd Gordon,
CNBC,
7 Oct. 2025
Melissa Hancock,
Fortune,
30 June 2026
Korea's plan is evidence that the buyer base is widening, and widening upward, to sovereigns.
—
Jon Markman,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
But a series of 15th century directives from the Vatican authorized Portuguese sovereigns to conquer Africa and the Americas and enslave non-Christians.
—
Nicole Winfield,
Los Angeles Times,
25 May 2026
Encouraged and frightened by the events at Naples, other sovereigns granted constitutions.
—
Britannica Editors,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
12 Mar. 2026
Whatever their precise content, the blessings of liberty allow people to be something like sovereigns over their own lives.
—
Cass Sunstein,
Big Think,
5 Mar. 2026
And the reason for that is that the default data and the default experience does not coincide with the ratings that the ratings agencies attribute to African sovereigns.
—
Harvard Business Review,
13 Nov. 2025
Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh, has similarly dropped into deep curtsies when meeting other sovereigns on trips abroad.
—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 2025
Wall Street, institutions and even sovereigns are migrating infrastructure onto the blockchain and ETH is well positioned to capture value through various channels.
—
Todd Gordon,
CNBC,
7 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sovereigns
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Since overthrowing the Assad dynasty, Syria’s new rulers have struggled to exert control across the country and to check extremist groups.
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For 28 years and counting, Venezuela’s rulers have stolen or squandered much of the oil revenue of the most oil-rich country in the world.
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And in a place where celebrity passersby and visiting monarchs typically get the same collective shrug, a certain exuberance appeared.
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Virginia may have established a representative body, the House of Burgesses, in 1619, but the mid-century Cavalier elite continued to accept the divine right of kings as the Stuart monarchs had propounded it.
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The bell’s pyramidal face is decorated with depictions of deceased kings and queens, and its toll was believed to invoke ancestral spirits.
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Little is yet known about the jewelry and its significance, but Gordon believes that the jewelry was once worn by the kings and queens of an ancient Khmer Empire that spanned Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Thailand, and existed for hundreds of years.
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“Sovereigns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sovereigns. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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