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empire

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


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Since being notified of the order, Fedorova, who works for a conservative billionaire's media empire, has been placed under house arrest, according to a source close to the case.

From Barron's Jul. 29, 2026

Away from her Academy, Dimoldenberg is hugely busy building her media empire.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

The business empire of Dodgers and Lakers owner Mark Walter reportedly is being probed by the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

For much of his career, he has let his luxury empire speak for him, carefully sculpting his own public image through a handful of select interactions with the media.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

Japan wanted to eliminate Western influence in the East and create a Greater East Asia, ruled by their empire.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

They are often the places where the legacies of once-powerful empires are at their most traumatic or unresolved.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 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

A U.S. naval officer, historian, and military theorist, Mahan argued that control of the seas was the key to empires from Rome to Britain.

From Barron's Jun. 5, 2026

Many Eurasian states and empires had official religions that contributed to state cohesion, being invoked to legitimize the political leadership and to sanction wars against other peoples.

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




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