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regency

[ree-juhn-see] / ˈri dʒən si /
NOUN
regime
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


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Margo Price said "Love to see it" while Kacey Musgraves workshopped a few puns around the regency of Crow.

From Salon Feb. 15, 2025

Chaowalit was arrested in a raid at his apartment in Badung regency in Bali.

From Seattle Times Jun. 2, 2024

If the king later recovered, the regency could be ended by a declaration of “cessation of incapacity.”

From New York Times Feb. 6, 2024

On Wednesday, during a visit to Pekalongan regency in central Java, President Joko Widodo posted a video on the presidential YouTube channel urging the military to come forward and help farmers with the sowing.

From BBC Dec. 14, 2023

Joffrey is but twelve, and Robert gave you the regency, my lofd.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

They were spotted entering the regencies of Lhokseumawe, East Aceh, Pidie, Aceh Besar and Sabang in north Aceh province.

From Seattle Times Dec. 20, 2023

There were in that period two regencies, two emperors, and no less than 74 presidents and acting presidents.

From Time Magazine Archive

—Crown, rules of succession, 613; regencies, 613-614; powers, 614-615.

From The Governments of Europe by Ogg, Frederic Austin

All the civil wars in France arose from the hereditary system; they were either produced by hereditary claims, or by the imperfection of the hereditary form, which admits of regencies or monarchy at nurse.

From Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 2 (1779-1792): the Rights of Man by Conway, Moncure Daniel

In Spain, the two opposing regencies vied with each other in retaliatory Warring factions in Spain measures.

From A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) by Emerson, Edwin




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