How to Use emirate in a Sentence

emirate

noun
  • The slump has been most pronounced in the emirate’s splashiest projects.
    — Nicolas Parasie, WSJ, 12 Feb. 2019
  • Here, a guide to where to grab a friend or partner and get a few drinks in the emirate.
    — Dylan Essertier, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Feb. 2018
  • Dubai is the first emirate to set a charge on single-use plastic bags.
    — Jomana Karadsheh and Eoin McSweeney, CNN, 14 Feb. 2022
  • The emirate has tried to play both sides in many of the region's conflicts.
    — Frida Ghitis, CNN, 7 June 2017
  • The princess has twice tried to flee the emirate, accusing her father of abuse.
    — The Economist, 20 Feb. 2021
  • We were told that this will be resolved by the new government (or emirate).
    — Ian Pannell, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2021
  • The project marks a decisive shift in how the emirate plans to construct future homes.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 28 Jan. 2026
  • As a growing city with ambition to burn, the emirate has been a petri dish for bold projects for the past two decades.
    — CNN, 27 Oct. 2022
  • At the start of the Arab Spring, both the emirate and the network shifted gears.
    — Gregg Carlstrom, The Atlantic, 8 June 2017
  • Three in five Emirates fliers, in fact, are connecting to somewhere else.
    — Katherine Lagrave, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Jan. 2017
  • The country had modernized, a fact that many in the emirate understood.
    — New York Times, 8 Aug. 2022
  • Khan, 34, is indebted and traumatized by his two years in the oil-rich emirate.
    — Grace Hauck, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2016
  • The emirate attempted to replicate the veneer of a modern state.
    — Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2021
  • The plate sold over the weekend can be transferred to any car registered in the emirate, supercar or not.
    — Low De Wei, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2023
  • But things are changing for the gas-rich emirate’s 2m migrant workers, who are 95% of its labour force.
    — The Economist, 8 May 2021
  • Dubai See this complete guide for what to do and eat in the city of Dubai, and read on for what to do in the rest of the emirate.
    — Rebecca Holland, Forbes, 21 May 2021
  • Making a splash in the glitzy Middle Eastern emirate of Dubai is no mean feat.
    — Caroline Reid, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
  • The emirate has long played a central part in Middle East politics.
    — Summer Said, WSJ, 3 Dec. 2018
  • The incident took place on a farm in the Al-Rifa’a area in the emirate of Fujairah.
    — Jay Ganglani, NBC news, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Authorities in the emirate did not respond to a request for comment.
    — Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2026
  • Abu Dhabi’s western region, Al Dhafra, is about two thirds of the entire emirate.
    — Johanna Read, Forbes, 4 June 2021
  • In the rolling red dunes of Sharjah, the emirate just north of Dubai, lies an area with a significant claim to fame.
    — Nicola Chilton, Travel + Leisure, 4 Dec. 2021
  • The amount wasn’t detailed in a tweet from Sheikh Hamdan, the deputy ruler of the emirate, on Tuesday.
    — Bloomberg.com, 24 Mar. 2020
  • Al Ain, in the emirate of Abu Dhabi, has been a crucial desert oasis for millennia.
    — Nicola Chilton, Travel + Leisure, 4 Dec. 2021
  • Emirates has slashed 20 percent of its flights to America in the wake of those decisions.
    — Jon Gambrell, The Seattle Times, 4 July 2017
  • One marquee project is a new theme park planned for the Middle Eastern emirate of Abu Dhabi.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Over the past three decades construction has boomed across the largest emirate in the United Arab Emirates.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Many of them are located in Dubai, the emirate where his family has reigned since 1833.
    — Ann M. Simmons, latimes.com, 31 May 2017
  • The gathering has shed its origins as a citywide fintech conference and is now a coming-out party for the emirate.
    — Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 9 Dec. 2025
  • Around half the buyers have lived in the emirate for more than five years, and officials say the program has helped to strengthen community roots.
    — Dominic Dudley, semafor.com, 23 Jan. 2026

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