thrones 1 of 2

Definition of thronesnext
plural of throne

thrones

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of throne

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Noun
  • Riley, off to a sluggish start, tacked on his first homer of the season in the sixth by sending one into the left-field seats off John King.
    CBS News, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The center-right Tisza will take 137 of the 199 seats in the Hungarian parliament, with Fidesz gaining just 56 – a supermajority that gives Magyar an extensive mandate to enact change.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Nebraska’s men are 0-8 all-time in the annual postseason that crowns a national champion.
    Andrew Greif, NBC news, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Pancake lovers across Austin can grab a free meal Tuesday at IHOP, when the company officially crowns the first Tuesday of March as its annual National Pancake Day.
    Julianna Duennes Russ, Austin American Statesman, 3 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • On Soho's Carnaby Street, an NFL pop-up shop sells blue-and-gold London Games jerseys and bomber jackets, while the New Era baseball cap shop has Jaguars and Rams hats on pedestals in the window.
    Toby Skinner, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Clemishire added that pastors should not be put on pedestals and that too often, the victims are ignored.
    Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • This sea of sharp buttes and sky-high pinnacles offers numerous west-facing vantage points.
    Stephanie Vermillion, Outside, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Sea turtles snoozed, manta rays glided, and reef fish darted by the thousands over lava pinnacles covered in corals and basket sponges.
    Betsy Andrews, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The crop can be harvested at anytime, but most gardeners leave bulbs in the ground until the tops decline and flop over.
    Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2026
  • One mile east of Forest Park, the veggie-forward restaurant Vicia showcases produce like turnip greens, carrot tops, or other underutilized vegetables.
    Teresa Woodard, Midwest Living, 10 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • These tools extend to various heights and include a microfiber cloth that wraps around each fan blade to remove dust.
    Emily Benda Gaylord, The Spruce, 16 Apr. 2026
  • As military expansion took precedence under Aurangzeb and the Mughal empire’s finances came increasingly under strain, architectural output would never again reach the same heights in scale or quality.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 15 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The world must never again be caught with its pants down in regards to the prevention, detection, and rapid treatment of pandemics.
    Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Time, 15 Apr. 2026
  • But in regards to these specific collections, there’s little history to go off.
    Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 13 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • These speakers join previously announced eminences from Amazon, Calm, Contextual AI, CoreWeave, Databricks, DataSnipper, Exelon, Glean, Google, Intuit, Rivian, and Serve Robotics.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 17 Nov. 2025
  • It was started by Goodall, Desmond Tutu, and other eminences.
    Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
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“Thrones.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thrones. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.

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