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Recent Examples of sultan
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.
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Kaitlyn McInnis, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
The Blue Mosque was built by Sultan Ahmet I, the Ottoman Empire’s sultan between 1603 and 1617.
—Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 12 Dec. 2024
The sultan is the second-longest reigning monarch, following the late Queen Elizabeth II.
—Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 29 Aug. 2024
Putin refers to this region—a vast expanse of steppe and the coastline that the tsars wrested from the Ottoman sultans in the eighteenth century—by the name Novorossiya, or New Russia.
—Brian Milakovsky, Foreign Affairs, 7 Oct. 2022
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Kaitlyn McInnis, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
The Blue Mosque was built by Sultan Ahmet I, the Ottoman Empire’s sultan between 1603 and 1617.
—Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 12 Dec. 2024
The sultan is the second-longest reigning monarch, following the late Queen Elizabeth II.
—Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 29 Aug. 2024
Putin refers to this region—a vast expanse of steppe and the coastline that the tsars wrested from the Ottoman sultans in the eighteenth century—by the name Novorossiya, or New Russia.
—Brian Milakovsky, Foreign Affairs, 7 Oct. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sultan
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In March 2024, Prince Joachim and Princess Marie gave an interview to The Washington Post in Washington, D.C., where the prince works as a defense industry attaché at the Danish Embassy.—
Meredith Kile,
People.com,
28 May 2025
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Off the back of that viral video, a fan of Harry and Meghan Markle suggested the prince was the most obvious example, posting several videos of Harry on royal engagements.—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 May 2025
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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
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The amir of Kabul bought bicycles for his entire harem.—
National Geographic,
National Geographic,
17 June 2020
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These spinels bear the names of some of the most powerful figures in history, including Muhammad ibn Tughluq-Shah, the Sultan of Delhi, the first Mughal emperor, Babur, and emperors Jahangir and Shah Jahan, Christie’s said.—
Anthony DeMarco,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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The party dates back to Augustan times, more than 2,000 years ago, when the namesake emperor decreed this a rest period.—
Mark Ellwood,
AFAR Media,
26 May 2025
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The emir of Qatar had donated the same make and model to Turkey in 2018 as a gesture of support for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.—
Eric Lipton,
New York Times,
20 May 2025
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Schwarzman and Musk also sat with Trump and the emir of Qatar at a state dinner.—
Sara Dorn,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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The ocean suites are laid out with a king bed and a large living room that opens to a generous porch with a daybed.—
Christopher Cameron,
Robb Report,
30 May 2025
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However, mattress brands in this list offer sizes ranging from twin XL to California king.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
30 May 2025
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This Cold War-era cooperation ramped up in the 1960s and 1970s until being abruptly cut in 1979 with the Islamic Revolution that ousted the shah and put in place the nation's current Islamist government.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 2025
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Iran’s governments, going back to the pre-revolution era of the shah, have stoutly defended Persian Gulf as the only legitimate name.—
Farnaz Fassihi,
New York Times,
11 May 2025
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The princess movie’s business dropped 66% in its second weekend in theaters — losing its box office crown to Jason Statham’s $40 million crime thriller A Working Man — and business rapidly dwindled from there.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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Next was dad Harry following closely behind as his little princess met a Disney Princess, before the family was photographed going up a log flume ride at Tiana's Bayou Adventure.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
7 June 2025
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The coins, featuring the faces of 11 Roman emperors and empresses, were likely owned by a wealthy individual.—
Stories by Real-Time news team, with AI summarization,
Miami Herald,
25 Apr. 2025
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The coins featured the faces of 11 Roman emperors and empresses, including Nero and Marcus Aurelius, according to the University of Oxford’s Coin Hoards of the Roman Empire Project database.—
Lauren Liebhaber,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Sultan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sultan. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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