Thesaurus results for DEMESNE

demesne

noun

di-ˈmān

Definition of demesne

as in zone

a part or portion having no fixed boundaries the vast and frozen demesne of the northern tundra

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as in domain

a region of activity, knowledge, or influence the view that the issue is not in the demesne of the courts and is something that should be decided by the state legislature

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as in yard

the area around and belonging to a building the mansion's huge demesne covers more than 100 acres

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Recent Examples of demesne A couple of centuries or so later, the peninsula became part of a Spanish land grant, and the demesne of Manuel Dominguez as his Rancho San Pedro. — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024 Now, 15 seasons later, Whittingham has beamed himself to a different sphere, a rare demesne of security, a comfort zone as wide as Jimmy Kimmel’s, hovering consistently in a most lofty realm. — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Nov. 2021 In Loki, the titular character finds himself in the bizarre (almost Brazil style) demesne of the Time Keepers, an organization devoted to ensuring the sanctity of the timeline. — Erik Kain, Forbes, 5 Apr. 2021 In the resulting economy, trade was used simply to exchange surplus goods for other types of surplus produced by other demesnes, rather than to spur specialized production for an unknown buyer. — Branko Milanovic, Foreign Affairs, 19 Mar. 2020 Still, enough of the original grounds remain as part of Biltmore’s grandeur as to suggest, even today, a demesne with a castle at its center. — Stuart Ferguson, WSJ, 29 Sep. 2017

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Noun

Simulations accounting for a 4–6-kilometer-wide grounding zone suggest a 60-percent probability that the glacier will become unpinned from the Mouginot Ridge by the end of the century.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026
Located just 48 light-years from Earth, this white dwarf has a deep convection zone that carries carbon from its core to its surface.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of zone

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Modernizing the backbone of missile warning According to Raytheon’s announcement, the upgrades are intended to strengthen space domain awareness and support a more resilient, layered security architecture.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 16 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 domain

Noun

The settlers hurled stones with slings and set the groves on fire, chasing a group of journalists about 80 yards from the scene.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026
Here are five ways to make your Halloween display friendlier to the creatures that fly, slither and scurry through your yard.

— Katie Koschalk, Scientific American, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of yard

Noun

Fielder started in the realm of absurdist comedy, and with the Holmes project moves into a world of watercooler high crimes and compelling fourth-wall breaking.

— Matt Donnelly, Variety, 17 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of realm

Noun

Bunker-like structures such as the concrete fieldhouse in Bridgeport’s McGuane Park, completed in 1972, demonstrate a more utilitarian approach to park amenities without much architectural interest.

— Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
The president’s proposal to turn the affordable golf facility and surrounding park into an elite golf course arrives in the middle of a federal court battle.

— Joe Heim, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of park

Noun

In these places, led by regions like Sudan, Gaza, and South Sudan, children are three times more likely to die before their fifth birthday and 10 times more likely to grow up in extreme poverty than children born elsewhere.

— David Miliband, Time, 19 Oct. 2026
In the town of Chhatak, also in the Sylhet region, the daughter of 30-year-old carpenter Humayun Rashid died unvaccinated in June aged nine months.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of region

Noun

In Blue Level and Desert Moon (both 1955), with their solid areas of blues and reds, respectively, Krasner constructed a vertical world that stood straight and sturdy, raw elements reaching beyond the painting’s top and bottom edges.

— John Yau, ARTnews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
The situation is similar to plumbing fixtures located within a unit, which are a unit owner’s responsibility even though the building’s common element plumbing system brings water to all units.

— Howard Dakoff, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026

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