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sultan

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as in prince

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Recent Examples of sultan In the Sacred Relics Room, visitors can view the Prophet Muhammad’s cloak and sword, while the Harem is located the sultan's private quarters. — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Aug. 2026 Guides spoke of the monthlong siege that ended only because of the treachery of a local noble who turned on the sultan and allowed British troops to scale the walls. — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 2 July 2026 They were welcomed by Oman’s foreign minister at the airport and are set to meet with Oman’s sultan for discussions. — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 22 June 2026 Putin also met with Brunei’s sultan, Hassanal Bolkiah. — Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for sultan

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Police questioned the former prince for 11 hours and conducted searches at Royal Lodge and his new home in Sandringham.

— Danica Kirka, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
Leonardo da Vince drew the flying machine at a prince’s court.

— Christopher Koopman, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of prince

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Samuel, or Samuil in Bulgarian, was a warrior emperor who battled the Byzantine Empire to expand his kingdom but was ultimately defeated and died shortly afterward in 1014.

— COSTAS KANTOURIS, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
Roman emperors typically had tens of thousands of people serving in the Praetorian Guard; modern autocrats rely on standing armies.

— Seva Gunitsky, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2026

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Dinner is an event at Pellico 3, the hotel’s gastronomy project, reconceptualised in 2022 and conducted by executive chef Guido Paternollo, who has worked under haute cuisine kings Enrico Bartolini and Alain Ducasse.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Oct. 2026
Though a shakeup in the midterms might well mess with the routines of loyal Trump appointees like Patel, on this night, chugging beers on the rooftop at the rink, Kash was king.

— Richie McGinniss, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of king

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The leader of the UAE, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, traveled to Kuwait immediately after the Iranian attack for a meeting with the small, oil-rich nation's ruling emir.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 July 2026
The leader of the UAE, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, traveled to Kuwait immediately after the Iranian attack for a meeting with the small, oil-rich nation’s ruling emir.

— Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026

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It was created for Egypt’s royal family and worn by Queen Nazli in 1939 at the wedding of her daughter, Princess Fawzia, to Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, then crown prince of Iran and later the country’s last shah.

— Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Ayatollah Khomeini portrayed the shah as the tyrannical Yazid and himself as a Husayn-like figure returning from exile to save the Iranian people from injustice.

— Iqbal Akhtar, The Conversation, 31 July 2026

Definition of shah

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Ahead of the premiere, Frémeaux spoke with Variety about the smooth journey that has been bringing this loveable, quirky spider princess from page to screen.

— Kevin Giraud, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026
The mortal princess, Psyche, and the god of love, Eros, pioneered the romantic drama.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of princess

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Citizens of countries historically exploited by the West face higher financial and bureaucratic hurdles to access facilities and resources concentrated in their former suzerain.

— WIRED, WIRED, 26 Aug. 2022
In buttressing Lukashenko’s regime, Russia became Belarus’s outright suzerain.

— Casey Michel, The New Republic, 1 Mar. 2022

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