triarchy

noun

Definition of triarchynext
as in duumvirate

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Recent Examples of triarchy After years of taking on the food culture bro-triarchy, Toronto restaurant royalty Jen Agg is up against a new enemy. — Courtney Shea, refinery29.com, 1 Sep. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for triarchy
  1. triumvirate
  2. dictatorship
  3. sovereign
  4. oligarchy
  5. monarchy
  6. domain
  7. trust territory
  8. kingdom
Noun
  • The finished heads would be evaluated by a triumvirate of accomplished restorative artists who were dressed in matching baby-blue T-shirts with judge 2025 printed between their shoulder blades.
    — John Semley, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026
  • The triumvirate already looked to be a cut above the rest of the summer league competition in a pair of blowout victories, which was to be expected from three players who got real NBA minutes for the Warriors last season.
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 9 July 2026
Definition of triumvirate
Noun
  • Ortega spoke Sunday at the anniversary of the Sandinista revolution that toppled the Somoza dictatorship in 1979 and first brought him to power.
    — Anna-Catherine Brigida, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026
  • The 1978 World Cup edition was played in and won by an Argentina ruled by a military dictatorship that forcibly disappeared thousands of people.
    — Minky Worden, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of dictatorship
Noun
  • Military service has long been at the heart of Britain's royal family, with the sovereign serving as the ceremonial head of the Armed Forces.
    — Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 22 July 2026
  • The centuries-old ceremony sees the sovereign symbolically accept the keys to the city of Edinburgh and immediately return them for safekeeping.
    — Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026
Definition of sovereign
Noun
  • There are parts of this book that very much anticipate a world—and a sport—dominated by oligarchy and greed.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026
  • Last year, Katz filmed a video of his new protégé shucking oysters, chopping wood, swinging kettlebells, and speaking directly to the camera in a muddy sweatshirt about how the oligarchy had screwed their beloved state.
    — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026
Definition of oligarchy
Noun
  • His grandfather, King Leopold III, also abdicated in 1951 amid a political crisis to safeguard the monarchy.
    — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 27 July 2026
  • This biennial event, focusing on these symbols of monarchy, will feature curators, historians, and gemologists from institutions like The Met and Rijksmuseum.
    — Anthony DeMarco, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
Definition of monarchy
Noun
  • The opportunity in modern operations comes from giving data enough structure to reveal meaning across domains.
    — Kannan Kothandaraman, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • Conceivably, a rights buyer would have no more protection than anyone publishing a work in the public domain.
    — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 30 July 2026
Definition of domain
Noun
  • The separatist movement dates back to the early 1960s, when the British Southern Cameroons, a United Nations trust territory previously governed as part of Nigeria’s eastern region, was joined with Cameroon.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
  • In total, the Trusteeship Council oversaw 11 trust territories.
    — Lloyd Axworthy, Foreign Affairs, 15 May 2024
Definition of trust territory
Noun
  • Saudi Arabia's civil defense said alerts sounded multiple times early Saturday in both cities, but the kingdom didn't comment further.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026
  • The Houthis declared a maritime embargo against Saudi Arabia on Monday, threatening to cut off the kingdom’s oil exports through the Red Sea and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
    — Chloe Taylor,Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 24 July 2026
Definition of kingdom

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“Triarchy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/triarchy. Accessed 1 Aug. 2026.

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