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interregnum

[in-ter-reg-nuhm] / ˌɪn tərˈrɛg nəm /


NOUN
coalition government
Synonyms










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After Epshteyn put in a good word for him, Trump’s team brought Blanche on to fight multiple prosecutions spanning from New York to Florida during the interregnum.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 16, 2026

While he was at the Center for Renewing America, the think tank he founded during his private sector interregnum, Vought indicated a few concrete ways he could push his vision.

From Slate Feb. 24, 2025

Catching up with Oscar nominees you’ve missed, after all, is another reason the interregnum exists; even this seemingly late in the process, a sense of discovery is possible.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 7, 2024

Under the British constitution, a sovereign succeeds to the throne the moment his or her predecessor dies, before being proclaimed to the people, so there is no interregnum.

From Reuters Sep. 6, 2023

While blacks did win the right to vote when the Republican Party came to power three years later, and even served in various offices, the interregnum lasted less than a decade.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

These disturbances usually account for the interregna which are so often found between the reigns of successive sovereigns.

From Japan by David Murray

For the remaining 80 the most disputable elements are the 71 years of interregna or of foreign dominations, and the 70 of the minor judges.

From Prolegomena by Julius Wellhausen

For who wants a lawyer when there are so many interregna?

From The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order by Evelyn S. Shuckburgh

For my own part, I prefer to retain the interregna; they alone, so far as we can see at present, being appropriate to the peculiar scheme of the Book of Judges.

From Prolegomena by Julius Wellhausen

Private-sector stints were mere interregnums between political races and appointments, and every position of authority was a perch for aggressive bullying and showboating.

From Slate Nov. 4, 2025

Monarchies have always understood the importance of avoiding interregnums: the king is dead, long live the king!

From Economist Nov. 27, 2014

One who almost certainly could is Jean Cardinal Villot, the Camerlengo for both the papal interregnums.

From Time Magazine Archive

In these interregnums of order, Tlacaelel explained, the topmost brother linked himself to the sun, on which all living creatures depend.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

We had had to try it, more or less, during interregnums.

From We Girls: a Home Story by A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train) Whitney




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