oligarchy
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Sparta was an agrarian oligarchy whose muscle was its hoplite horde.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
Presumably Lisa’s husband, Francesco, a ruthless businessman with powerful roles in civic government amid the local oligarchy, was pleased.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2024
We need to think of oligarchs and oligarchy as being not the absence of democracy, but the presence of people who have tremendous wealth-power.
From Slate • Nov. 15, 2024
The G9 leader likes to portray himself as someone who fights for the common people and against the oligarchy.
From BBC • Mar. 12, 2024
According to Fifi, the alta sociedad, the high-class ladies of the oligarchy who form a kind of club, not unlike a country club, are delighted by this juicy bit of gossip.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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