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empire

[em-pahyuhr, om-peer] / ˈɛm paɪər, ɒmˈpɪər /


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In the wake of what they view as Jane’s power grab, Steven and Amy see a scenario in which they are willing to split up the empire, much like Sol once did.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 5, 2026

Murdoch, his business empire and his feuds with his six children have become rich pickings for authors, screenwriters and directors.

From Barron's Sep. 2, 2026

As he assembled his sports empire, baseball was the one sport that eluded him.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 2026

As CEO, Cook has expanded beyond forecasting demand to orchestrating smooth integration throughout Apple’s growing empire of products and services.

From MarketWatch Aug. 29, 2026

He was of such goodness that among the other laudable deeds attributed to him is this: in the fourteen years he ruled the empire, he never put anyone to death without a trial.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli

You’re both from the Midwest, you both dropped out of college, and you both have built these political media empires.

From Slate Aug. 19, 2026

In turn, Nolan has sacrificed Odysseus himself to serve his own needs, scrapping the character’s prickly personality to Trojan-horse a message about how empires collapse.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

It offers not only a fresh portrait of India's most controversial Mughal ruler, but also a rare glimpse of how one of the world's great early-modern empires actually worked.

From BBC Jun. 27, 2026

The German and Russian empires went to war in 1914 despite longstanding ties.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

Conquest of the two large mainland empires, those of the Aztecs and Incas, followed in 1519—1520 and 1532-1533, respectively.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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