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Recent Examples of suzerain
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.
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Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 16 Jan. 2025
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, 26 Aug. 2022
In buttressing Lukashenko’s regime, Russia became Belarus’s outright suzerain.
—Casey Michel, The New Republic, 1 Mar. 2022
Most Somalilanders have known nothing but self-rule and would never consent to reintegrate with their bloody, anarchic suzerain.
—The Economist, 8 May 2021
Even now, in the 21st century, some U.S. officials and elites still deep in their hearts know and understand the world through the framework of the suzerain and its colonies.
—Marc Tracy, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2020
Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 16 Jan. 2025
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, 26 Aug. 2022
In buttressing Lukashenko’s regime, Russia became Belarus’s outright suzerain.
—Casey Michel, The New Republic, 1 Mar. 2022
Most Somalilanders have known nothing but self-rule and would never consent to reintegrate with their bloody, anarchic suzerain.
—The Economist, 8 May 2021
Even now, in the 21st century, some U.S. officials and elites still deep in their hearts know and understand the world through the framework of the suzerain and its colonies.
—Marc Tracy, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for suzerain
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To see whether fish might possess this ability, the team went to Lake Tanganyika in eastern Africa to conduct different experiments on the emperor cichlid (Boulengerochromis microlepis), a species that is neither too fearful of nor too aggressive toward humans.—
Gennaro Tomma,
Scientific American,
17 Mar. 2026
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Writing in the fourth century, Eusebius celebrated the reign of the first Christian Roman emperor, Constantine, who ruled from 306-337.—
Brett Whalen,
The Conversation,
11 Mar. 2026
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Likewise, prevailing concepts of Hamlet at the time cast the prince as a wan and melancholic, leading critics to bristle at Bernhardt’s energy.—
Betsy Golden Kellem,
JSTOR Daily,
18 Mar. 2026
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Indeed, the crown prince has demonstrated an enduring interest in developing a Saudi nuclear fuel cycle.—
Amy McAuliffe,
The Conversation,
17 Mar. 2026
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In the previously unseen photo the future king shared on March 15, Diana and William—who looks to be roughly the age of a toddler—are seen in a field of flowers.—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
15 Mar. 2026
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Harry recently met up with his father, King Charles, and there are rumors that the two will meet up again when the king visits the US for a state visit in April.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
15 Mar. 2026
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Similarly, the scale, scope and depth of the AI revolution will also compel the group practice leaders, health system executives, private equity satraps and all others who now pull the strings on so many physicians to adapt to the democratization of medical knowledge.—
Michael L. Millenson,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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The ranks of the leadership are staffed, in large measure, with satraps and mediocrities.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
21 June 2025
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According to Clinton, the photographs were taken during a trip to Brunei at the invitation of the country’s sultan.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
3 Mar. 2026
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Massie said on social media that the email recipient was a sultan.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
10 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The group of four robbers was able to bypass security systems and used power tools to break into the Louvre to steal invaluable jewels once worn by France’s queens and empresses, officials told NBC News after the robbery.—
Babak Dehghanpisheh,
NBC news,
24 Feb. 2026
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In 2014, the empress left her seclusion and traveled again to the Dutch country to attend the coronation of Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, confirming the friendly relationship between the two houses.—
Marta Martínez Tato,
Vanity Fair,
23 Jan. 2026
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There, rising from fugitive to fearless warrior, the princess unites warring tribes for a final stand in the Battle of Dhi Qar, a clash that will change history forever.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
12 Mar. 2026
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Perhaps the most notable homage to the princess’s iconic sparkler is Amal Clooney’s ring from George Clooney.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
12 Mar. 2026
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The hope was that the visit, the first by a British sovereign in nearly two decades, would help smooth fractured relations between the two nations.—
Harriet Marsden,
TheWeek,
18 Mar. 2026
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All of Mabel’s new forest friends—there are deer, rabbits, turtles, raccoons, and a singularly gloomy bear—bow down to a beaver sovereign, King George (Bobby Moynihan), a gregarious and naïve soul who embraces a humble, communal ideal of living.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
6 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Suzerain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suzerain. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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