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Recent Examples of patriarchal
Set in a heavily patriarchal society, the female characters symbolize various facets of femininity, identity, and societal roles.
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Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2025
What if starlets like Spears were not happy collaborators in a patriarchal order but scapegoats who had been exploited for profit, pushed to the brink by an insatiable audience, and forced to bear the misogynistic projections of an entire country?
—Dayna Tortorici, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
On Father’s Day, two men who almost lost their daughters to the tyranny of patriarchal society are coming together on behalf of the #StandWithHer campaign.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 15 June 2025
Along the way, she’s fostered an underground activist scene through events, zines, photography, and mixed media, never afraid to confront patriarchal or authoritarian oppression.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 10 June 2025
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Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2025
What if starlets like Spears were not happy collaborators in a patriarchal order but scapegoats who had been exploited for profit, pushed to the brink by an insatiable audience, and forced to bear the misogynistic projections of an entire country?
—Dayna Tortorici, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
On Father’s Day, two men who almost lost their daughters to the tyranny of patriarchal society are coming together on behalf of the #StandWithHer campaign.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 15 June 2025
Along the way, she’s fostered an underground activist scene through events, zines, photography, and mixed media, never afraid to confront patriarchal or authoritarian oppression.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 10 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for patriarchal
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The law only allows schools to recognize changes made to birth certificates that were made to correct a clerical error.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
18 July 2025
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The recent war has exposed the fragility of Iran’s clerical regime, and made planning for leadership succession an even more urgent matter.—
Ilan Berman,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
Adjective
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The Friday event, which took place inside the Vatican’s apostolic palace, included a roundtable discussion on AI ethics and governance.—
CNN.com,
Mercury News,
20 June 2025
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View Comments The Friday event, which took place inside the Vatican’s apostolic palace, included a roundtable discussion on AI ethics and governance.—
Clare Duffy,
CNN Money,
20 June 2025
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The clinic, located at 1673 W. Shoreline Drive, Suite 100, offers adult and geriatric care.—
Angela Palermo,
Idaho Statesman,
17 July 2025
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His father worked as an engineer at General Electric Aviation and his mother was a geriatric psychiatrist.—
Scott Wartman,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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Francis has long made ministry to prisoners a hallmark of his priestly vocation, and a Holy Year dedicated to a message of hope is no exception.—
Nicole Winfield,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Dec. 2024
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One thing to consider, however, is that Leviticus is devoted to priestly concerns.—
Jacob F. Love,
The Conversation,
5 Feb. 2025
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States and food pantries cannot cover food for needy elderly, children and the disabled without federal support.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 July 2025
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Angel Contreras went to the San Diego Humane Society’s Gaines Street shelter on Sunday to pick up his elderly poodle after spotting her on the shelter’s website.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 July 2025
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My cane is an elephant, and elephants are matriarchal societies.—
Ronda Racha Penrice,
HollywoodReporter,
20 July 2025
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In Taiwanese-traditional matriarchal fashion, the grandmother starts fretting over twenty-something I-Ann’s (the filmmakers found Ma on Instagram) looser way of dress.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
15 May 2025
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How the papal conclave works 2025 papal conclave vote: Voting for a new pope The first ballot was cast Wednesday evening (Vatican time), May 7, according to Vatican News.—
Chris Sims,
The Courier-Journal,
2 July 2025
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Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has been named the first American pope, selected Thursday by 133 cardinals from across the globe on the second day of the papal conclave in Rome.—
Alexis Simmerman,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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The idea is to place officers in certain neighborhoods and inside senior buildings.—
Nushrat Rahman,
Freep.com,
27 July 2025
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Hubbard, a 30-year-old husband and father living in Dallas, Texas, grew his TikTok account to close to 1 million followers by posting daily videos about the mundane routine of his nine-to-five day job as a senior analyst for a Fortune 500 company.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
26 July 2025
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“Patriarchal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patriarchal. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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