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be autocratic



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Mohamed might say Bill can be autocratic and kind of domineering, and he wants to do what he wants to do and he might make a mess and that has to be cleaned up later.

From New York Times ● Mar. 12, 2022

I agree with many of Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant’s positions, but I find her to be autocratic and bombastic.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 17, 2021

If you can’t be autocratic at my age, when can you?

From The New Yorker ● Jun. 3, 2019

“We’re trained to be autocratic and controlling,” Toussaint says.

From Time ● Oct. 9, 2013

His environment after 1844 strengthened and developed his natural tendency to be autocratic.

From Egerton Ryerson and Education in Upper Canada by J. Harold Putnam


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