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Recent Examples of principality
When incorporated in 1984 in the principality of Liechtenstein, Acemex Management Company Limited was created as a means of survival.
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Kevin G. Hall, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2025
In 1542 a treaty with Spain would have made the principality a fiefdom, but the Grimaldi’s insisted on language that at least gave lip service to their sovereignty.
—Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 21 Mar. 2025
Dmitriy Rybolovlev, the Russian billionaire and majority owner of the French football club AS Monaco, has been cleared of all criminal proceedings in Monaco, following a ruling by the principality’s Court of Appeal on February 27.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 27 Feb. 2025
These companies now generate some 30 percent of the principality’s revenues.
—Eric B. Schnurer, Foreign Affairs, 28 Jan. 2015
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Kevin G. Hall, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2025
In 1542 a treaty with Spain would have made the principality a fiefdom, but the Grimaldi’s insisted on language that at least gave lip service to their sovereignty.
—Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 21 Mar. 2025
Dmitriy Rybolovlev, the Russian billionaire and majority owner of the French football club AS Monaco, has been cleared of all criminal proceedings in Monaco, following a ruling by the principality’s Court of Appeal on February 27.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 27 Feb. 2025
These companies now generate some 30 percent of the principality’s revenues.
—Eric B. Schnurer, Foreign Affairs, 28 Jan. 2015
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for principality
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That’s because prior to its 1861 unification, the Italian peninsula was fragmented into several kingdoms, duchies, and city-states, each with its landscape, culture, food, and grapes.—
Lauren Mowery,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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The duchy is a private estate owned by the British royal family, and was established by King Edward III in 1337 as a means to provide income for the heir to the throne.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
28 Jan. 2025
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But in November 2023, the gilded walls of Combs' music kingdom came crashing down.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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The series ends with Simone standing outside Cliff House as the sun sets over the island, the new queen of this kingdom.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
23 May 2025
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Oman’s foreign minister served as an interlocutor between the two sides at talks last weekend in Muscat, the sultanate’s capital.—
Jon Gambrell and Nasser Karimi,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Apr. 2025
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The sultanate subsequently hosted backchannel talks between the United States and Iran in the lead-up to the 2015 nuclear agreement, and its banks facilitated some of the financial relief included in that deal.—
Nikita Lalwani,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Jan. 2020
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In 1890 came the colonial encroachment by British–South African empire man Cecil John Rhodes, after whom the country was named.—
Percy Zvomuya,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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Bodacious opened in 1991 as part of East Texas pitmaster Roland Lindsey’s barbecue empire.—
Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 May 2025
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One is entrenched in Gilead, while the other resides with Mayday operatives helping to smuggle women out of the republic.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
28 May 2025
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In our country, a democratic republic, our presidents govern, which means to manage and to administer under a set of laws, a constitution, sharing power with legislature and justice departments.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 May 2025
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Finally last week, Moody’s downgraded the U.S. sovereign credit rating from Aaa to Aa1 citing years-long fiscal weakening and a materially higher interest burden than other Aaa sovereigns carry.—
Ann Rutledge,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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But there is no global sovereign, just a balance of national powers.—
Henry Leutwyler Robert Petkoff Emma Kehlbeck Quinton Kamara,
New York Times,
20 May 2025
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The next generation of Kardashians will soon enough inherit the dynasty’s now quieter cultural dominion, despite the media’s relentless transmutation, because the family has become powerful enough to run on autopilot.—
M. J. Corey,
New Yorker,
24 May 2025
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The region was once home to the Samnites, an ancient Italic warrior people that fought the Romans for dominion before Rome became an empire.—
Asia London Palomba,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Apr. 2025
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Before entering the public domain, the book had already been turned into movies in 1926, 1949, 1974 (starring Robert Redford) and 2013 (directed by Baz Luhrmann) as well as several TV versions.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
3 June 2025
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The browser also blocked most of the domains associated with Yandex Metrica.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
3 June 2025
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“Principality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/principality. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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