How to Use royalty in a Sentence

royalty

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  • It was an honor and a privilege to dine with royalty.
  • On our wedding day, we were treated like royalty.
  • His first royalty check was for $826—for a piece which, Dave notes, The Source never bought.
    — WIRED, 13 Oct. 2023
  • The Browns were awarded a 10% cut of the book’s first gross proceeds, while the Goldmans were awarded all royalties from the book's sales.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2024
  • China’s tech royalty is going through a bit of a shake-up.
    — Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 1 Feb. 2024
  • In British royalty, the wife of a king is called a queen consort, but the husband of a queen is called a prince consort, not a king consort.
    — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 May 2023
  • Each lease includes a 12.5% royalty paid to the state for production.
    — Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 26 Feb. 2024
  • In fact, Westminster Abbey was full of royalty from all over the world, with stellar style all their own.
    — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 9 May 2023
  • Is Cher’s $1 million royalties claim against Mary Bono strong enough?
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Night in the Woods 2017 adventure game Night in the Woods is and will likely always be indie royalty.
    — Vulture, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The rapper stands to gain from royalties of any stock Adidas sells, as Guden confirmed in March.
    — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 12 May 2023
  • Three years later, Banks’ royalties claims against Kwatinetz remain alive in court, if hanging on by a thread.
    — Marc Hogan, Pitchfork, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Most of us are just lucky enough not to have to lose in front of global news cameras, celebrities, and literal royalty.
    — Macaela MacKenzie, Glamour, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Rock royalty and a skateboarding dynasty have tied the knot.
    — Jonah Valdez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2023
  • The brand is inspired by ancient Indian royalty, so chances are that this is the most luxe hair-growth product out there.
    — Neha Tandon, Glamour, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The tent comes with mosquito netting that when gathered around the tent poles, looks like the elegant drapes of royalty on a picnic.
    — Michelle Duncan, Rolling Stone, 16 Feb. 2024
  • In a picture with the UK baking royalty outside the iconic white tent, Reynolds is smiling widely with his arms around them both.
    — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 24 June 2023
  • From about 1910 onward, singers received royalties based on record sales.
    — Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 July 2023
  • Ross clearly has a taste for the finer things in life so, naturally, the primary suite is fit for rap royalty.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 15 Aug. 2023
  • After that, the people at MCA offered me a staff writing position for $100 a week—not as a salary but as an advance against my royalties.
    — Will Hodge, SPIN, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Some artists, like Grimes, have embraced AI and allowed creators to use their voice in return for a cut of the royalties, while others, like Sting, have been openly hostile to it.
    — Harry Guinness, Popular Science, 14 June 2023
  • However, the real royalty of the night has yet to be crowned as the competition is still underway.
    — Ello! May 13, Vulture, 13 May 2023
  • Parton is no stranger to rubbing shoulders with British royalty.
    — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2023
  • One of the writers’ complaints is how their residual pay, a type of royalty, has been disrupted by streaming.
    — Nicole Sperling, New York Times, 11 May 2023
  • The new royalty rate set by the climate law is expected to remain in place until August 2032, after which it can be increased.
    — Matthew Daly, Fortune, 21 July 2023
  • For example, the bill would reduce royalty rates for drilling on federal land.
    — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 15 May 2023
  • Pearl Jam isn't the only member of rock 'n' roll royalty to find themselves under the weather recently.
    — USA TODAY, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Residuals are a form of royalty paid to actors when movies and TV shows air on television after their initial run.
    — David Arditi, Fortune, 19 July 2023
  • The site said that despite the high revenue at Tel Aviv, a big chunk (reported to be about $200 million a year) was being paid out in royalties which meant the company was loss-making.
    — Kevin Rozario, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
  • BandLab was founded in 2015, and doesn’t receive royalties from music made on its platform.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 22 Mar. 2024

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