Example Sentences

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In diagnosing the problem, the wing of Latin Catholicism that both Francis and Leo represent saw the church’s historical links with elite power structures and oligarchical families as a key vulnerability.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

Is the thing I’m supposed to glean here that in this new oligarchical order, mortal enemies like the Pillsbury Dough Boy and the The Quaker Man have joined sides to plunder the subaltern?

From Slate • Feb. 10, 2025

In the former, oligarchical corruption was fought in the public sector by strengthening the rule of law and calling for a clear division between the public and private sectors.

From Salon • Jan. 7, 2024

Today, however, three non-government intermediaries — Facebook, Google, Twitter — mean that control “is more oligarchical than ever.”

From Washington Post • Sep. 17, 2021

The essence of oligarchical rule is not father-to-son inheritance, but the persistence of a certain world-view and a certain way of life, imposed by the dead upon the living.

From "1984" by George Orwell