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[reg-nuhnt] / ˈrɛg nənt /


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Long have well-meaning, enlightened Westerners assumed that the liberal values regnant in their democracies would arrest any attempt to revive antisemitism.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

"We've managed to gather portraits from private collections and a public collection of the seven queens regnant," Francis Christie, deputy chairman of Sotheby's UK and Ireland, told Reuters.

From Reuters ● May 27, 2022

He also said Roseanne Barr and Louis C.K. had been treated excessively harshly by the regnant Hollywood climate toward comedy.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 14, 2021

The counterargument is that the regnant economic system has brought millions of people out of poverty, has allowed women more economic opportunities, etc.

From Slate ● Jan. 24, 2018

She was the Parisian, as Osmond had perhaps imagined her in his jesting fancy, regnant, subtle, even a little hard.

From Rose MacLeod by Alice Brown


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