empire
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Though it is a matter of some debate exactly how equitable the league was even in its earliest days, by the middle of the century it had, as Mr. Stuttard writes, “mutated” into an empire.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
The general rise of retro football shirts has been reported to now be a near £40m business empire by the Classic Football Shirts company.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
Andreessen Horowitz has invested heavily to build its own media empire, putting out podcasts to showcase its portfolio of tech investments and push a deeply pro-tech agenda without confrontation.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
Amazon has been more eager to acquire companies to help expand its empire, now worth $2.26 trillion.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026
Here were even more—centuries’ worth of hidden wealth from every empire that had ever claimed this land—Greek, Roman, Byzantine, and so many others.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
Vocabulary lists containing empire
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Franklin D. Roosevelt, "A Date That Will Live In Infamy" (1941)
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Political Geography - Middle School
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