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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He was never more than a mere figurehead in the negotiations.
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Norway's King Harald V is a figurehead .
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The president is essentially a figurehead : the real power lies with the prime minister.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But despite the president s show of contrition, few analysts believe Mr Wahid is willing to become a figurehead just yet.
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More than 10 years on, Mr Thomson has once again assumed a figurehead role over Mrs Maginnis.
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Scarcely surprisingly, he became one of the figureheads of the revolution of 1820.
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Switzer is regarded as a figurehead who basically just stays out of the way.
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The figurehead President, Joseph Nerette, resigned and the post was left vacant.
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The Emperor was transformed from a divine figure into a constitutional figurehead .
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The manager is merely a figurehead .
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There had only been six, then; the five old Encyclopedistsall dead now-and himself, the young figurehead of a mayor.