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- autocratically adverb
Etymology
Origin of autocratic
Example Sentences
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In 1979 Americans immediately felt the malign effects of that year’s Islamic revolution, which replaced the autocratic but modernizing Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi with the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
Huerta became one of Chavez’s fiercest defenders even after revelations about his autocratic ways became public — but what else was she supposed to do when people tied so much of her identity to him?
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026
In Tehran and beyond, residents worry they will be left with a devastated country and the same autocratic rulers as before the war began.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026
The interim government led by Muhammad Yunus, the 85‑year‑old Nobel Peace Prize winner, says the reform charter is designed to prevent a return to autocratic one-party rule.
From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026
She was speaking now to the restaurant attendant in a clear, courteous but completely autocratic tone.
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
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