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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
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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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At the top, the photo featured a timestamp of March 31, 2017, an era when the American actress and British prince were dating.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
10 June 2026
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And even as the prince attempts to reconcile with his father, there’s still a big distance between him and his brother William.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
9 June 2026
Noun
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John, 35, was hoping to persuade the princess, 34, to appear on the cover of his new magazine, George.—
Simon Perry,
PEOPLE,
10 June 2026
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Her voice startled me, both rough and smooth—like a bottle of whiskey set in front of a princess.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
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Many of them urged the shah to toughen up and crack down harder on protesters.—
Wyatt Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
2 June 2026
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The book is described in promotional materials as providing vivid portraits of the lives of her mother, Farah Arvand, and her grandmother, princess Ashraf Palavi, sister of the last shah of Iran.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
17 May 2026
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The collection spans centuries of storytelling in multiple genres, from migratory fairytales with kings and princesses to legends of ghosts and the Devil to fables with talking animals.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
7 June 2026
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The site is on a low-lying barrier island in a mandatory hurricane evacuation zone and faces ongoing risks from flooding, sea-level rise, king tides and storm surge.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
6 June 2026
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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
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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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In 2022, Austrian director Marie Kreutzer released Corsage, the excellent feminist re-reading of the life of 19th century Empress Elizabeth, known as Sissi, with Vicki Krieps as the eccentric, anorexic empress and Florian Teichtmeister as her philandering husband, Franz Joseph I.—
Stephanie Bunbury,
Deadline,
15 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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“Sultana.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sultana. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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