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Soon, Johor was the world’s top gambier supplier and a major source of pepper—a legacy commemorated in the sultan’s coat of arms, which features both crops.
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Jeff Chu, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2026
Opened in 1929, La Mamounia, built on the grounds and gardens of a sultan’s palace, combines traditional Moroccan architecture with 20th century Art Deco flair.
—Angus MacKenzie, Robb Report, 31 Dec. 2025
Edis, chief of the Landon family office and a protégé of its founder, the late swashbuckling billionaire Timothy Landon, who’s legendary as the chief political advisor to his military school chum, the sultan of Oman, notes that Swain gives Houlihan Lokey an extra edge.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2025
The director’s fourth feature is told through the story of an early 20th-century sultan curious about the wonders of the burgeoning cinematograph, eventually being introduced to the ins and outs of the new technology by a former operator for the Lumiére Brothers.
—Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 19 Sep. 2025
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Jeff Chu, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2026
Opened in 1929, La Mamounia, built on the grounds and gardens of a sultan’s palace, combines traditional Moroccan architecture with 20th century Art Deco flair.
—Angus MacKenzie, Robb Report, 31 Dec. 2025
Edis, chief of the Landon family office and a protégé of its founder, the late swashbuckling billionaire Timothy Landon, who’s legendary as the chief political advisor to his military school chum, the sultan of Oman, notes that Swain gives Houlihan Lokey an extra edge.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2025
The director’s fourth feature is told through the story of an early 20th-century sultan curious about the wonders of the burgeoning cinematograph, eventually being introduced to the ins and outs of the new technology by a former operator for the Lumiére Brothers.
—Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sultan
Noun
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Goodnight, sweet prince of a celebration.—
Austin Perry OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
13 May 2026
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And the reunion between Odysseus’ fellow king Menelaus (Jon Bernthal) and his wife Helen (Lupita Nyong’o)—the most beautiful woman in the world, blamed for starting the war after a Trojan prince spirited her away—has always felt too neatly resolved in the poem.—
Eliana Dockterman,
Time,
12 May 2026
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The meat of the summit doesn’t start until Thursday, when the leaders hold bilateral talks, visit the Temple of Heaven, where Chinese emperors once prayed for bumper crops, and take part in a formal banquet.—
Aamer Madhani,
Fortune,
13 May 2026
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And, of course, the re-introduction of the emperor in the final installment even though Darth Vader killed him decades prior.—
Zach Dean OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
8 May 2026
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The home has a comfortable, king-sized bed and a private bathroom, too.—
Kimberley Mok,
Travel + Leisure,
10 May 2026
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The award marks further recognition of both creator-writer Raphael Montes, king of crime fiction in Brazil, and in this case HBO Max Latin America’s first original telenovela as global streamers move very successfully into the long series format.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
10 May 2026
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In 2017, four regional rivals implemented a land and air blockade of Qatar, citing comments by its emir praising Iran as a great power.—
Shane Harris,
The Atlantic,
26 Mar. 2026
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In 2010, a Qatari emir argued, in private correspondence released by WikiLeaks, that the Iranians could not be trusted.—
Ruth Margalit,
New Yorker,
17 Mar. 2026
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The works come from the museum’s large collection of masterpieces of American and European modern art that was acquired by the wife of the former shah in the 1970s.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 May 2026
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After the shah finished transforming Isfahan into the capital, the Chahār Bāgh, Isfahan’s central commercial artery, expanded across the river via Si-o-Se Pol.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
8 May 2026
Noun
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Residents of Reggio Emilia said Wednesday they were honored the princess had chosen their city and its public preschools for her first visit since her remission.—
Silvia Stellacci,
Chicago Tribune,
13 May 2026
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Some had arrived hours before to catch a glimpse of the princess.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
13 May 2026
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Contemporary art work, frescoes and artifacts discovered during the property’s restoration, including a marble head of the Roman empress Livia Drusilla, are also on display.—
Catherine Garcia,
TheWeek,
8 Apr. 2026
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She is especially recognized for her starring role as the Russian empress Catherine II in the Hulu show The Great (2020–23), for which she was nominated for an Emmy Award for best actress in a comedy series.—
Frannie Comstock,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
19 Mar. 2026
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Witkoff went from Qatar to Israel on Saturday and insisted on having a meeting with the prime minister on the afternoon of the Jewish sabbath—a violation of Israeli protocol rudely designed to remind Netanyahu who was the vassal and who was the suzerain.—
Gershom Gorenberg,
The Atlantic,
16 Jan. 2025
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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
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“Sultan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sultan. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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