empire

Example Sentences

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The businesswoman behind a domestic goods empire took to her Instagram to speak out after she was encouraged by her 14-year-old granddaughter, she said.

From Barron's

Ms. Gibson’s story touches on slavery’s origins in Greece and Rome and their expanding empires across Western Europe.

From The Wall Street Journal

During the Roman occupation, the area around Beachy Head was dotted with settlements and infrastructure tied to the empire.

From Science Daily

Polish President Karol Nawrocki, who also attended the event, drew a parallel between the Russian invasion of Ukraine and past struggles for freedom by peoples in the Russian empire.

From Barron's

However, she says her upbringing was steeped in British culture adding: "My childhood was sort of the last embers of empire and the colonial era."

From BBC