Person who holds de jure an important title or office, yet de facto executes little actual power.
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Law enforcement agencies and political figureheads slammed the lawlessness and promised retribution.
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Previous emperors had been figureheads; Frederick became the real ruler of Europe.
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Surrounded by these cliques, the emperors became in most cases powerless figureheads.
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Until that regime falls, rather than just its figureheads, the revolution will continue.
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The figureheads were nodding to themselves and blinking at the image.
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There are also five figureheads in England incorporated into listed buildings.
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It started with white-coated boffins; now its figureheads wear masks and play Vegas.
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They would make - Ihatedto use the words-harmless figureheads for Octavian.
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Prisms who became too much more than just figureheads found themselves forcibly retired.
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The company also appoints local figureheads to build grassroots support.
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Other figureheads in the US agricultural sector share this sentiment.
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They organize locally but think globally, and choose decentralized, group-centered leadership over charismatic figureheads.
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The devices were often graced with equine figureheads, or even carved dragons and elephants.
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Corporations suspected that law firms were choosing plaintiffs who were little more than figureheads.
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For that reason, the meeting between the two figureheads has raised a few eyebrows.
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Yachts don't have figureheads, else I would certainly have it.