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Recent Examples of emirate
Dubai in 2022 established the Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority, or VARA — the world’s first independent crypto regulator — which oversees virtual asset activities in the emirate and provides licensing and supervision to crypto businesses.
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Natasha Turak, CNBC, 23 May 2025
Consider Anantara Mina Al Arab Ras Al Khaimah Resort for a luxurious base for excitement in the emirate.
—Natasha Amar, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
Furthermore, two sources familiar with the global film scene said top players in the emirate have initiated discussions with U.S. showbiz executives about co-financing and producing original content.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 16 May 2025
Last week saw the emirate host the 18th edition of Art Dubai, a key pillar in the region’s cultural economy and the main commercial art fair in the Middle East.
—Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 2 May 2025
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Natasha Turak, CNBC, 23 May 2025
Consider Anantara Mina Al Arab Ras Al Khaimah Resort for a luxurious base for excitement in the emirate.
—Natasha Amar, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
Furthermore, two sources familiar with the global film scene said top players in the emirate have initiated discussions with U.S. showbiz executives about co-financing and producing original content.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 16 May 2025
Last week saw the emirate host the 18th edition of Art Dubai, a key pillar in the region’s cultural economy and the main commercial art fair in the Middle East.
—Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 2 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emirate
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The sultanate has repeatedly blocked or opted out of any Saudi moves toward deeper GCC security, political, or economic integration.—
Rory Miller,
Foreign Affairs,
23 Oct. 2017
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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 principality of Monaco is perhaps the least suitable place on the Formula 1 calendar to hold a Grand Prix.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
27 May 2025
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This shift allowed Europe to escape from the problem that had doomed Indian civilization to impotence: a state that was so weak that society constantly dissolved into petty principalities that inevitably fell prey to more powerful invaders.—
John Micklethwait,
Foreign Affairs,
29 May 2014
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Because once somebody is in the kingdom, things can happen to them, and the Western press doesn't really know.—
Edward Felsenthal,
Time,
23 July 2025
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Over the same period, Saudi Arabia’s citizens gained visa-free access to four countries, bringing its total to 91 countries, which lifts the kingdom four places to No. 54.—
Suzanne Rowan Kelleher,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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The issue wasn’t with FC Nordsjælland, which is also part of the Right to Dream empire and has sent several other players to SDFC.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 July 2025
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His new Goods and Services Tax replaced a byzantine tax code that included oddities like the octroi, a city toll on goods originating in the Roman empire.—
Christiaan Hetzner,
Fortune,
18 July 2025
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From the Cossack republics of the 17th century to the Maidan uprising of 2014, Ukraine has consistently supported freedom and pluralism.—
Andy J. Semotiuk,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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Charges of legislative graft are as old as the republic itself.—
Kevin R. Kosar,
The Washington Examiner,
4 July 2025
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However, the duchy passed on to Prince William when Charles became king on the death of Queen Elizabeth II in September 2022.—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 July 2025
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Known collectively as Hessians, since most Germans hired by London to fight in America came from Hesse-Kassel, this contingent was largely from the small, impoverished duchy of Brunswick, whose ruling family had intermarried with the British royal family.—
/ CBS News,
CBS News,
13 June 2025
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These children show difficulties across almost every domain: language, cognition, behavior.—
William A. Haseltine,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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The domains saw repeat inclusion in 2020, but have not been included on the list since, the AAFA said.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
18 July 2025
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The situation is made more challenging by the fact that our taxpayer also functions as the head a foreign sovereign — the Holy See.—
Robert Goulder,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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The address marks only the second time in Canadian history that the reigning sovereign has opened parliament, and the third time that the British monarch has delivered the Speech from the Throne.—
Max Saltman,
CNN Money,
26 May 2025
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“Emirate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emirate. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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