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Recent Examples of sultanate
This includes Russia and the tiny oil and gas sultanate of Brunei, said Indonesian Energy Minister Bahlil Lahadalia.
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ABC News, 30 Mar. 2026
After the Cold War ended, ASEAN expanded to include Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam, as well as the tiny sultanate of Brunei, increasing the salience of Southeast Asia as a geopolitical entity.
—Susannah Patton, Foreign Affairs, 25 Sep. 2025
Oman, a sultanate on the eastern edge of the Arabian Peninsula, has hosted the three rounds of talks between Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and U.S. Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff.
—Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2025
Meanwhile, embassies, sultanate palaces, and colonial villas have been steadily restored, including Perdicaris Villa in Rmilat, a 70-hectare urban forest, and the new Museum of Contemporary Art in the former casbah prison, dedicated to the north Moroccan postwar canon of abstract painters.
—Stephanie Rafanelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Aug. 2023
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ABC News, 30 Mar. 2026
After the Cold War ended, ASEAN expanded to include Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam, as well as the tiny sultanate of Brunei, increasing the salience of Southeast Asia as a geopolitical entity.
—Susannah Patton, Foreign Affairs, 25 Sep. 2025
Oman, a sultanate on the eastern edge of the Arabian Peninsula, has hosted the three rounds of talks between Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and U.S. Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff.
—Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2025
Meanwhile, embassies, sultanate palaces, and colonial villas have been steadily restored, including Perdicaris Villa in Rmilat, a 70-hectare urban forest, and the new Museum of Contemporary Art in the former casbah prison, dedicated to the north Moroccan postwar canon of abstract painters.
—Stephanie Rafanelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Aug. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sultanate
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While Monaco’s most familiar draws remain high-octane, glitzy events like the Formula One Grand Prix and the Yacht Show, there are quieter ways to experience this tiny principality.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 May 2026
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The idea of a race around the winding streets of a principality would seem ludicrous in the modern age.—
Luke Smith,
New York Times,
26 May 2026
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While other rulers of the era relied on religious omens or superstition to guide their kingdoms, Aristotle taught the young prince that the universe could be understood through human reason and keen observation.—
Steve Muscato,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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Ibn Khatima was perhaps in his late thirties when the pandemic reached the Nasrid kingdom of Granada in June 1348 (though the date of his birth is unclear).—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 May 2026
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As a reward for leading numerous successful military campaigns against southern separatists in 1994, Saleh appointed Hadi as vice president of the new republic.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
28 May 2026
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So Americans embraced Roman triumphal arches—symbols of that ancient republic—almost from the start.—
Tyler Green,
The Atlantic,
21 May 2026
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The duchy was created nearly 700 years ago by Edward III as a way to consistently fund the heir to the throne.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
25 May 2026
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The European duchy is Luxembourg.—
Drew Goins,
The Atlantic,
19 May 2026
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Set the scene On its return to the emirate, the brand has taken up residence on the first 18 floors of the 52-storey Palm Tower skyscraper, one of the tallest in Dubai.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 June 2026
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And the news that the emirate had set a new record in early March for the largest residential land transaction, valued at AED400m ($100m), was no exception.—
Melissa Hancock,
Fortune,
1 June 2026
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Since last year, when the RSF overran parts of Darfur and Kordofan, the militia has commandeered the gum trade, integrating it into its smuggling empire and further starving government coffers.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2026
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Today, each sibling oversees a different part of the empire.—
Kevin Lim,
CNBC,
31 May 2026
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Research on fine art collections in wealthy families — another domain where the older generation controls the asset and the younger one will inherit the complications — found that roughly six in 10 collectors haven’t discussed their collections with their heirs at all.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
1 June 2026
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That cycle will repeat across every enterprise use case until organizations treat AI deployment as a serious engineering and domain expertise challenge, not a demo.—
Praful Saklani,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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When God charged Adam with dominion over the garden, the word that matters — the word Pettigrew keeps returning to — is stewardship.—
Afdhel Aziz,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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At stake for Netflix is its continuing SVOD dominion over one of its biggest subscriber markets in the world.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
25 May 2026
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“Sultanate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sultanate. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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