Example Sentences

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In his new book, Erickson documents the entrepreneurial, nonroyal Fishers, who, seeking opportunities in a booming port city, relocated in 1911 from Montana to Seattle.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 22, 2023

Emanuele Filiberto can himself seem like the hardest working nonroyal in show business.

From New York Times • May 9, 2021

He has used his royal standing as the king’s favored son to outmaneuver, sideline and effectively neuter both royal and nonroyal obstacles in his path.

From Washington Post • Oct. 12, 2018

A hero of Zimbabwe’s independence movement, the frail Mr. Mugabe is one of the longest-serving nonroyal national leaders in the world.

From Washington Times • Sep. 13, 2017

Hospital officials on Monday beseeched the throng to keep a pathway clear for nonroyal patients to enter the hospital, and some workers grumbled about the difficulty of getting to their jobs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 22, 2013