How to Use imperator in a Sentence

imperator

noun
  • Under the new species, Sue would be a Tyrannosaurus imperator, while the one in the nation's capital would be a Tyrannosaurus regina.
    Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2022
  • In his first hours as Twitter’s imperator, Musk has been like a man who woke up in the middle of the night in a new house, fumbling around in the dark and bumping into walls while grasping for a light switch.
    Damon Beres, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2022
  • The authors of the paper say the Tyrannosaurus imperator is the earliest Tyrannosaur discovered so far.
    Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 3 Mar. 2022
  • This means the tyrant lizard king may have existed alongside Tyrannosaurus imperator and the more slender Tyrannosaurus regina.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 5 Mar. 2022
  • New research suggests there was not only one or two but actually three types of Tyrannosaurus – rex, imperator and regina.
    Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2022
  • Researchers analyzed the fossilized headcrest of Tupandactylus imperator, a pterosaur that lived 115 million years ago in Brazil.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 20 Apr. 2022
  • But Godefroit was also approached by a private collector keen to have scientists examine the partial skull of a Tupandactylus imperator, a type of pterosaur known for an enormous sail-like crest that extended from its head.
    NBC News, 20 Apr. 2022
  • Tyrannosaurus imperator relates to specimens found at the lower and middle layers of sediment, with more robust femurs and usually two incisor teeth.
    Julia Musto, Fox News, 5 Mar. 2022
  • Under the Roman republic, an imperator was a victorious general, and later one of two consuls.
    Dominic Green, WSJ, 7 June 2022

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