Example Sentences

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The Games were held in the middle of autocracies, the middle of pandemics and the middle of nowhere.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026

Though in fairness, the app has stood firm against other censorship orders from autocracies like Myanmar and Russia, the latter of which temporarily banned the app in 2018.

From Slate • Aug. 28, 2024

Will Tracy, the show’s creator and co-writer, said he read 20 books about autocracies, authoritarian leaders and totalitarian states to develop the six episodes.

From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2024

In the latter, pyramid-like power systems were of two kinds: single-pyramid autocracies or multi-pyramid hybrid regimes with both democratic and nondemocratic political elements.

From Salon • Jan. 7, 2024

Under a democratic r�gime the standard is very different from that which has existed, for the most part, under autocracies in past ages.

From The Fighting Governor A Chronicle of Frontenac by Colby, Charles W. (Charles William)