sultana

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Recent Examples of sultana However, sultanas are generally sweeter and softer than their darker counterparts. Lauren O'Connor, Ms, Health, 29 Sep. 2024 Per 100-g serving, raisins and sultanas are similar in calories, protein, and sugars. Lauren O'Connor, Ms, Health, 29 Sep. 2024 It is finished with hints of honey, and encountered with a soft, lingering finish reminiscent of plump sultanas and ripe cherries. Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 6 Sep. 2024 In another example of Islamic women rulers’ reach, a century after Zumurrud, Shajar al-Durr ruled independently as the sultana of Egypt, albeit for only three months. Katherine Pangonis, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Feb. 2022 Due to an 18th-century mania for all things Turkish, the French trendsetter Madame de Pompadour (left) chose to be painted as a sultana. Nancy MacDonell, WSJ, 1 July 2021 Those pirates thrived under the protection of the island’s capricious sultana, cruel in her poverty, weakness, fearful isolation, and unnatural state of unmarried womanly rule. New York Times, 11 Feb. 2020 Savory pies and Christmas puddings All grapes, raisins, currants and sultanas are toxic to dogs; as are foods that contain them – which means no mince pies for your pooch. 3. Htv National Desk, Houston Chronicle, 12 Dec. 2019 Raisins, sultanas, currants and grapes, which can make pets very sick. Sarah Ladd, The Courier-Journal, 4 Dec. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sultana
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • In February of last year, Harry’s claim was dismissed, a decision which the prince appealed.
    Ellise Shafer, Variety, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Stuart’s prince is suave, worldly, world-weary, charismatic — every inch a prince, really.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • His successor, Sheikh Haibatullah Akhunzada, whose son became a suicide bomber, is an austere cleric who has adopted the reclusive mystique of the original amir.
    New York Times, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2022
  • The amir of Kabul bought bicycles for his entire harem.
    National Geographic, National Geographic, 17 June 2020
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • An ally of the United States, the shah went into exile in Mexico.
    Peter Baker, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • King, kaiser, czar, empire, democracy, European civilization, national honor—the reasons, in hindsight, make no sense.
    George Packer, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Doorn’s most famous citizen at the time was Wilhelm II, the German kaiser (emperor) and king of Prussia from 1888 to 1918, who was living there in exile.
    Linda Chase, Sun Sentinel, 26 Aug. 2024
Noun
  • 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
  • And here is the reigning plus-minus king for both Dubuque and Western Michigan.
    Scott Wheeler, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The emir also held a joint meeting with Biden's top Middle East adviser Brett McGurk and President Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff to discuss the hostage deal.
    Barak Ravid, Axios, 13 Jan. 2025
  • The principle to start with, as the emir of Kuwait has suggested, should be nonaggression and noninterference in one another’s internal affairs.
    Vali Nasr, Foreign Affairs, 7 Feb. 2020

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“Sultana.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sultana. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

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