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regency

[ree-juhn-see] / ˈri dʒən si /
NOUN
regime
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


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Margo Price said "Love to see it" while Kacey Musgraves workshopped a few puns around the regency of Crow.

From Salon Feb. 15, 2025

Chaowalit was arrested in a raid at his apartment in Badung regency in Bali.

From Seattle Times Jun. 2, 2024

On Wednesday, during a visit to Pekalongan regency in central Java, President Joko Widodo posted a video on the presidential YouTube channel urging the military to come forward and help farmers with the sowing.

From BBC Dec. 14, 2023

Mr. Surbakti said the existence of the cages was well known to provincial and regency police chiefs and anti-narcotics officials.

From New York Times Jun. 18, 2023

Joffrey is but twelve, and Robert gave you the regency, my lofd.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

They were spotted entering the regencies of Lhokseumawe, East Aceh, Pidie, Aceh Besar and Sabang in north Aceh province.

From Seattle Times Dec. 20, 2023

There were in that period two regencies, two emperors, and no less than 74 presidents and acting presidents.

From Time Magazine Archive

These do not however bear a very close analogy to regencies in the stricter sense, or substitutions during the natural incapacity of the sovereign.

From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Hallam, Henry

In Spain, the two opposing regencies vied with each other in retaliatory Warring factions in Spain measures.

From A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) by Emerson, Edwin

The historian refers to Cassiodorus, who compares the regencies of Placidia and Amalasuntha, to the disadvantage of the former.

From Women of Early Christianity by Brittain, Alfred




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