potentate

Example Sentences

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Not only are these imaginary tribes of women wittily conceived, but they also remind us of motherhood’s shared experiences: the changing bodies, disrupted sleep schedules and tiny potentates demanding macaroni again and again.

From Washington Post

By all accounts, Colombian veterans make exceptional guns for hire for deep-pocketed potentates, warlords and others seeking to create or bolster an army — or assemble a hit squad.

From Los Angeles Times

One of the Persian couplets that appear in cartouches above and below states: “To all appearances, even as kings and potentates stand in attendance upon him, his gaze falls, inwardly, ever upon holy dervishes.”

From Washington Post

The backlash from other Arab potentates was swift, Mr. Obama recalled in his recent memoir.

From New York Times

For the more than 72 million Americans who voted for him, the second highest tally in U.S. history after Biden, Trump — the slayer of Hillary Clinton and other progressive potentates — was the perfect battering ram.

From Los Angeles Times