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or amir
also ameer
as in sultan
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Recent Examples of emir
The Gulf has emirs, crown princes, and kings who flatter him.
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Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
The Qatari palace said the emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, met with Hamas' delegation in Doha as well as with Witkoff and Brett McGurk, President Joe Biden's top Middle East adviser.
—Victoria Eastwood, arkansasonline.com, 14 Jan. 2025
The Qatari emir met on Monday with a delegation of senior Hamas officials led by chief negotiator Khalil al-Haya.
—Barak Ravid, Axios, 13 Jan. 2025
At an Arab League summit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in 2023, Qatar’s emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, walked out of the meeting before a speech by Mr. al-Assad, signaling his country’s stance.
—Ismaeel Naar, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
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Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
The Qatari palace said the emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, met with Hamas' delegation in Doha as well as with Witkoff and Brett McGurk, President Joe Biden's top Middle East adviser.
—Victoria Eastwood, arkansasonline.com, 14 Jan. 2025
The Qatari emir met on Monday with a delegation of senior Hamas officials led by chief negotiator Khalil al-Haya.
—Barak Ravid, Axios, 13 Jan. 2025
At an Arab League summit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in 2023, Qatar’s emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, walked out of the meeting before a speech by Mr. al-Assad, signaling his country’s stance.
—Ismaeel Naar, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emir
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Some secular nationalists even went as far as to claim that Ottoman sultans such as Mehmet the Conqueror had invented religious tolerance and helped inspire the European Renaissance.—
Nick Danforth,
Foreign Affairs,
6 Jan. 2015
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This mosque also holds the tombs of the commissioning sultan, his wife Haseki Hürrem, and Mimar Sinan himself. Kılıç Ali Paşa Mosque The Kılıç Ali Paşa Mosque is an example of how versatile Mimar Sinan was as an architect.—
Kaitlyn McInnis,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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In February of last year, Harry’s claim was dismissed, a decision which the prince appealed.—
Ellise Shafer,
Variety,
8 Apr. 2025
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Stuart’s prince is suave, worldly, world-weary, charismatic — every inch a prince, really.—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
7 Apr. 2025
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When the basilica was erected, Constantinople, perched at the eastern end of the European continent and named after emperor Constantine the Great, was one of the most important capitals of Christendom.—
Danuta Hamlin,
FOXNews.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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No one’s ever been more equipped to handle all the different duties of having his dad as the emperor.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Apr. 2025
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And here is the reigning plus-minus king for both Dubuque and Western Michigan.—
Scott Wheeler,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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The king was photographed meeting Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni in Rome on Wednesday, at a time of international turmoil brought on by Donald Trump's tariffs.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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If physics is the queen of science, then mathematics is the empress.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
16 Jan. 2025
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She was set to flee the country to escape the clutches of an ancient evil empress who happened to be her wicked stepmother.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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The Danish Royal House released a new portrait of the princess taken by photographer Steen Evald in Frederik VIII’s Palace at Amalienborg, which is the Danish royal family's private residence, when the plans for her birthday bash were unveiled.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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In Minecraft’s pixelated Overworld, everything is shaped like a box, from the trees to the bees, and players invent their own adventures — there’s no princess imprisoned in a castle.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 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
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The quick collapse of the Soviet Union and its Eastern European satraps unsettled both nations.—
Christian Schneider,
National Review,
21 Dec. 2023
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Yet two decades later, the shah once again ruled as an absolute monarch, parliament had become a rubber stamp, and the new constitution was largely ignored.—
Haleh Esfandiari,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Dec. 2017
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During the Iranian Revolution of 1979, strikes carried out by oil and transportation workers were essential to paralyzing the shah’s regime.—
Eric S. Edelman,
Foreign Affairs,
13 Apr. 2020
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“Emir.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emir. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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