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dynasty

noun as in ruling family

Weak match

noun as in reign of a family or lineage

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It is further evidence of the superpower that has Oklahoma City poised to launch basketball’s next dynasty.

What makes dynasties last, and what makes them end, are questions that will always interest.

After the fall of the Qing dynasty in 1911, some reformers called to “build schools, smash temples.”

That meant Clarke spent hours thinking about Alex’s perspective on the crumbling of his family’s legal dynasty, the investigations into his finances, the murders of his wife Maggie and son Paul, and his eventual trial.

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As heirs to political dynasties, both women have dominated Bangladesh politics for more than three decades and used to be known as the "battling begums".

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