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duchy

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Recent Examples of duchy The Duke of Cornwall inherited the duchy in September 2022. — Juliana Ukiomogbe, InStyle, 5 June 2026 Map of duchies and kingdoms of medieval Germany The lands of the Carolingian king Louis II (also called Louis the German) would form the core of medieval Germany. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 4 June 2026 The Duchy of Cornwall, established in 1337 by King Edward III, is one of two royal duchies, a type of land management and financial investment firm that can carry the functions of a corporation or trust. — William James, USA Today, 19 May 2026 La Tour was born in Lorraine, a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire, in 1593, twenty-one years after Caravaggio, whose sensational combination of naturalism and theater, light and dark, formed him as a painter. — Nicole Krauss, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for duchy

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It is also located in the couple's dukedom of Sussex, so would be particularly fitting.

— Sameen Chaudhry, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026
In October, Andrew was stripped of his princely title, his dukedom, and a number of awards and honorifics.

— Erin Vanderhoof, Vanity Fair, 2 Feb. 2026

Definition of dukedom

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Hard Rock Stadium is now Formula 1’s annual principality while JPMorgan Chase’s expanding South Florida presence mirrors the region’s growing luxury-car economy.

— Lilian Raji, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
The principality is traditionally conservative and in 1984 became the last European country to grant women the right to vote in national elections.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of principality

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In the 2010s, the kingdom and some of the other Arab Gulf states turned to China for armed drones since the United States refused to sell them any at the time.

— Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
In July this year, Jamaica’s government said two of its three citizens deported to the tiny kingdom have formally declined offers to be repatriated to the Caribbean nation.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026

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The Prime Minister of the Turkish republic of northern Cyprus, Ünal Üstel, told Turkish media that 237 people had been rescued from the ship, and search efforts were continuing for 23 people.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026
This panic is also nothing new; television was supposed to rot our brains, and radio before that, and somehow the republic survived.

— Mckenna Friedland, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026

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Trump has accused the sultanate of undermining his efforts to strike a deal with Iran and end the war, which began at the end of February and are now in a stalemate.

— Vivian Salama, The Atlantic, 21 Aug. 2026
The sultanate has been involved in mediation efforts, but that work is now being driven by Qatar and Pakistan.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of sultanate

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In Norway, the official duties of the sovereign are primarily ceremonial, but the monarch heads Council of State meetings on Fridays and formally opens the new session of the Norwegian Parliament each year.

— James Frater, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
Agnatic primogeniture, directly inherited from the Salic Law, stipulates that in the event of death or abdication, the sovereign’s closest male relative is called upon to ascend the throne.

— Séraphine Roger, Vanity Fair, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of sovereign

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This option also grants a handful of extra features, such as custom branding, domains, and team analytics.

— Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 27 Aug. 2026
The 120 misconfigured files the researchers found contained 227 commands to install non-existent packages or view unclaimed domains.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026

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