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Recent Examples of sultana
The palate reveals rich sultanas and apricot fruit, alongside creamy vanilla.
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Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
Per 100-g serving, raisins and sultanas are similar in calories, protein, and sugars.
—Lauren O'Connor, Ms, Health, 29 Sep. 2024
It is finished with hints of honey, and encountered with a soft, lingering finish reminiscent of plump sultanas and ripe cherries.
—Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 6 Sep. 2024
In another example of Islamic women rulers’ reach, a century after Zumurrud, Shajar al-Durr ruled independently as the sultana of Egypt, albeit for only three months.
—Katherine Pangonis, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Feb. 2022
Due to an 18th-century mania for all things Turkish, the French trendsetter Madame de Pompadour (left) chose to be painted as a sultana.
—Nancy MacDonell, WSJ, 1 July 2021
Those pirates thrived under the protection of the island’s capricious sultana, cruel in her poverty, weakness, fearful isolation, and unnatural state of unmarried womanly rule.
—New York Times, 11 Feb. 2020
Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
Per 100-g serving, raisins and sultanas are similar in calories, protein, and sugars.
—Lauren O'Connor, Ms, Health, 29 Sep. 2024
It is finished with hints of honey, and encountered with a soft, lingering finish reminiscent of plump sultanas and ripe cherries.
—Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 6 Sep. 2024
In another example of Islamic women rulers’ reach, a century after Zumurrud, Shajar al-Durr ruled independently as the sultana of Egypt, albeit for only three months.
—Katherine Pangonis, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Feb. 2022
Due to an 18th-century mania for all things Turkish, the French trendsetter Madame de Pompadour (left) chose to be painted as a sultana.
—Nancy MacDonell, WSJ, 1 July 2021
Those pirates thrived under the protection of the island’s capricious sultana, cruel in her poverty, weakness, fearful isolation, and unnatural state of unmarried womanly rule.
—New York Times, 11 Feb. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sultana
Noun
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The second part, loosely based on the siege of Chitor in 1303 by the Delhi sultan Alauddin Khalji, shifts from historical narrative into allegory.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
9 Apr. 2026
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Beren serves all the mezza favorites like hummus, babaghanoush, feta and pink sultan (a red beet dip).—
Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Mar. 2026
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
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
Noun
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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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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
Noun
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In the course of human events — at the courts of tsars, sultans, kaisers, shahs and the like — fealty has usually trumped expertise.—
Andreas Kluth,
Twin Cities,
28 Aug. 2025
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King, kaiser, czar, empire, democracy, European civilization, national honor—the reasons, in hindsight, make no sense.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
5 Feb. 2025
Noun
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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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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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“Sultana.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sultana. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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