hegemony
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Much of the narrative surrounding the dollar last year focused on predictions of de-dollarization, an end to its hegemony in currency markets and the expectations of central banks’ reserves diversification.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 19, 2026
Every few years, some geopolitical friction sends commentators racing to declare the end of dollar hegemony and the collapse of the petrodollar.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
The U.K. grudgingly passed the mantle of Middle East hegemony to the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
Gorsuch, Neil M. T. “Overcoming a hegemony of ideas,” Columbia Spectator, Feb. 25, 1987.
From Slate ● May 13, 2026
In the third century BC the era of Greek hegemony was over.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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I am not among the man’s harshest critics, in part because I believe that all tech-company hegemonies are destined to decline, sooner or later.
From Time ● Aug. 23, 2013
But these days I encounter more and more Americans who’ve unshackled themselves from outdated cultural hegemonies.
From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2013
There would be no more talk of honour and annexations, hegemonies and trade routes, but only Europe lamenting for her dead....
From Mr. Britling Sees It Through by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
Books iii. to vii., the Hellenica proper, cover the period from 401 to 362, and give the histories of the Spartan and Theban hegemonies down to the death of Epaminondas.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various
Europe under the successive spiritual hegemonies of Athens, Rome, and Paris remained the most admirable centre of human development that has ever been.
From New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915 by Various
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