caudillos

plural of caudillo

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for caudillos
Noun
  • Biden put this sentiment into action by working with Netanyahu despite serious moral and political failures in Gaza, with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on NATO expansion, and with Gulf potentates on the region’s security architecture.
    James Jeffrey, Foreign Affairs, 13 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Woody and Buzz have survived sadistic neighbors, evil toys and tyrannical daycare rulers.
    Rachel Hale, USA Today, 26 June 2026
  • Jones said Shiite rulers in several South Asian kingdoms sponsored processions and other commemorations of Hussein’s martyrdom, helping turn them into public events that drew wider audiences.
    ABC News, ABC News, 25 June 2026
Noun
  • Trump has made clear his disdain for NATO, his affection for Putin, gushes over autocrats, and withholds military support for Ukraine.
    Arthur House, Hartford Courant, 15 June 2026
  • Almost overnight, countries that had long outsourced their energy security to autocrats found their supplies cut, and their economies shaken.
    Jennifer Granholm, semafor.com, 30 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Not your grandma’s authoritarians Today’s authoritarian rulers realize that civil society has the potential to support democracy and pry loose their grip on power.
    Christopher Justin Einolf, The Conversation, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • His job was to cut and paste responses from scripts his scam bosses generated.
    ABC News, ABC News, 30 June 2026
  • Some bosses are demanding, disorganized or poor communicators but still want their teams to succeed.
    Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
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“Caudillos.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caudillos. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.

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