sovereign
noun
a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler.
sovereigns
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pluralof sovereign.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Normally a potential reluctance among those three sovereigns to buy U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
“The two sovereigns, acting as one, attempted to ensure that Mr. Mangione would be prosecuted twice for the same criminal acts,” Mangione’s lawyers wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
These developments don’t threaten dollar dominance today or tomorrow, but they reflect a genuine, if gradual, de-risking impulse among sovereigns who have concluded that some diversification away from dollar concentration is prudent.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
Dina McCormick will work on “partnering with governments and sovereigns to build, deploy, invest in, and finance Meta’s infrastructure,” according to Zuckerberg.
From Barron's ● Jan. 16, 2026
Knowing that everyone still in the hall was staring at her, and conscious of those thousand sovereigns she was suddenly worth, she blushed and hesitated.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
