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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
Noun
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But equally recurrent is the West’s broader obsession with her family—Agrippina along with emperors Caligula, Nero, Augustus, and others.—
Literary Hub
June 23,
Literary Hub,
23 June 2025
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Years ago, Hans Christian Andersen told a tale of an emperor who wore no clothes.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
22 June 2025
Noun
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The president of Shabab Al Ahli, the dominant team at the moment, having won two of the past three league titles, is Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, the crown prince of Dubai.—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
22 June 2025
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The Prince of Wales celebrates his 43rd birthday on June 21, 2025 9 Comments The crown prince is 43!—
Brendan Le,
People.com,
21 June 2025
Noun
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Fought from 1701 to 1714, the conflict centered on who would inherit the Spanish throne after the Habsburg king Charles II died without an heir.—
Aurora Martínez,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 June 2025
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The Oklahoma City Thunder are the new kings of the NBA.—
Ricardo Klein,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 June 2025
Noun
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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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By contrast, given Russia's dominant role in the CU, joining that group would transform Yanukovych into a satrap of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, whom Yanukovych regards as the avatar of Russian arrogance.—
Rajan Menon,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Oct. 2011
Noun
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Attracting everyone from sultans and princes to Charlie Caplin and Winston Churchill in its glory days, Impérial Palace is still the place to be more than a century later—and the views don’t get better than the top floor Imperial Suite, where a terrace shows off 360-degree vistas of Lake Annecy.—
Lane Nieset,
Travel + Leisure,
22 June 2025
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Following his armies’ conquest of Constantinople in 1453, Ottoman sultan Mehmed II famously transformed the Hagia Sophia, built as a Christian church, into a mosque.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
24 May 2025
Noun
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Gwyneth Paltrow, the empress of Goop, was recently spotted wearing one.—
Olga Khazan,
The Atlantic,
19 June 2025
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The coins, featuring the faces of 11 Roman emperors and empresses, were likely owned by a wealthy individual.—
Stories by Real-Time news team, with AI summarization,
Miami Herald,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
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And, instead of having an exclusive party after her Saturday night performance, Charli turned up to Daniel’s DJ set at the festival’s San Remo bar, dancing until 2 a.m. with the masses — in a way that the Glasto princess only can.—
Ellise Shafer,
Variety,
30 June 2025
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Nowadays, the pint-size pop princess splits her time between New York and Los Angeles.—
Katie Schultz,
Architectural Digest,
26 June 2025
Noun
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Elizabeth also met Trump and Melania on July 13, 2018, at Windsor Castle, where the president made waves by walking in front of the monarch while inspecting the Guard of Honor, widely interpreted as a breach of protocol around the sovereign.—
Simon Perry,
People.com,
25 June 2025
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Rather, he was sent to the island of Elba, where he was allowed to retain the title of emperor and rule the island as a sovereign.—
Oona A. Hathaway,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
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“Suzerain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suzerain. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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