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baronies

noun

plural of barony

as in areas

a region of activity, knowledge, or influence no longer is the city's social and cultural life the barony of a few old-line families

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Cult members lived in makeshift homes of polythene sheeting and thatch that Mackenzie divided into areas with biblical names like Jerusalem and Judea.

— Jefferson Kahinju Reuters, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
The bar for engaging in major conflicts outside the core strategic areas of Europe and East Asia should be quite high.

— Charles Kupchan, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2026

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Only 27% of Americans view both the State and Justice departments positively, and while Republicansâ€™ approval of those departments has held relatively steady, itâ€™s also below 50%.

— Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 15 Oct. 2026
Getting different departments to work together is another challenge.

— Inzamam Rashid, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of departments

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These bog bodies tell stories of a time when humans were sacrificed to the gods in bogs, as otherworldly margins between the human and divine realms, or when social outcasts met a cruel, violent end for failing to conform to societal standards.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
Dante populated his realms of Hell and Purgatory with figures, monsters and moral frameworks borrowed directly from classical Greek and Roman myths.

— Ed Meza, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of realms

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These technologies could support radicalization, recruitment and fundraising while helping groups conduct complex attacks across multiple domains.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
The contest of networks will be nearly global, waged in multiple domains, with huge stakes riding on the outcome.

— Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of domains

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Gomelsky told investigators there was no reason Wang would need the victim’s research notes because their fields of study at the university were unrelated, the affidavit said.

— Eduardo Cuevas, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026
The schedule also introduces Banana Ball 360, a Notre Dame Stadium event with games alternating between two fields.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of fields

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In the bottom of the third, Yamamoto gave up a leadoff single and issued two walks before Yelich came up to the plate with two outs and drove a curveball into center field for two runs.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
Howell’s early Blackheath, London, workroom and her walks along the Suffolk coast.

— Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of walks

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Amata Corporation, founded in 1989, built industrial parks across Thailand’s Rayong and Chon Buri provinces.

— Angelica Ang, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2026
Its signal reaches up to ninety-five per cent of the province, which is the size of Minnesota, along with parts of two neighboring provinces.

— Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

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