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The backstory Originally built in 1854 as a private residence for Napoleon III’s half-brother, the Duc de Morny, the house was eventually acquired by fashion panjandrum Pierre Cardin, an enthusiastic collector of historically significant Parisian real estate.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Jan. 2026
The president’s bellowing recitation of his accomplishments served as a vivid reminder of the bullet so recently deflected by Nancy Pelosi and her ruthless fellow Democratic Party panjandrums by hustling the would-be nominee into political oblivion.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 5 Sep. 2024
Bamford, while cutting in and out of the lives of Hollywood’s panjandrums, takes us to Pyongyang, where Kim’s minions are stealing money and cryptocurrency while wreaking havoc on computer systems around the world.
—Tim Weiner, The New Republic, 27 Mar. 2023
The posh, wild-bearded panjandrum of the anti-aging movement, de Grey was born in London in 1963.
—Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021
Calvin Klein, the panjandrum of pants, sold his beach house there for $84.4m.
—The Economist, 13 Mar. 2021
Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Jan. 2026
The president’s bellowing recitation of his accomplishments served as a vivid reminder of the bullet so recently deflected by Nancy Pelosi and her ruthless fellow Democratic Party panjandrums by hustling the would-be nominee into political oblivion.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 5 Sep. 2024
Bamford, while cutting in and out of the lives of Hollywood’s panjandrums, takes us to Pyongyang, where Kim’s minions are stealing money and cryptocurrency while wreaking havoc on computer systems around the world.
—Tim Weiner, The New Republic, 27 Mar. 2023
The posh, wild-bearded panjandrum of the anti-aging movement, de Grey was born in London in 1963.
—Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021
Calvin Klein, the panjandrum of pants, sold his beach house there for $84.4m.
—The Economist, 13 Mar. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for panjandrum
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But all the nattering nabobs of negativism who’d normally have been concentrating on Maura’s catastrophic first term had to devote at least a little attention to recounting one of the Wu Klux Klan’s more embarrassing moments of 2025.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
21 Jan. 2026
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Back then, white scholars saw history through the eyes of society’s nabobs, kings and presidents.—
Ron Grossman,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Feb. 2025
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As recounted by Peter Biskind in Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, Cimino ran long and went over budget on his epic drama about the Johnson County War, which saw cattle barons attacking immigrant laborers in late 19th-century Wyoming.—
Britt Hayes,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 June 2026
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Workers endured dangerous conditions, poverty wages and widening inequality while industrial barons amassed extraordinary power.—
Tom Debley,
Mercury News,
16 June 2026
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Naturally, Bravo’s bigwigs and Cohen were pretty peeved to see gossip sites scooping them on their own reunion.—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
10 June 2026
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Immediately afterwards, international dance music bigwigs such as Carl Cox, Martin Garrix, David Guetta, and Peggy Gou took over the sound system to get everyone on the dance floor.—
Stefania Conrieri,
Vanity Fair,
6 June 2026
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The big kahuna of hotels here is Ocean Edge Resort, a historic Victorian mansion on a bluff overlooking the scenic Cape Cod Bay.—
Kira Turnbull,
Travel + Leisure,
6 June 2026
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Then White caught the big kahuna.—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
26 May 2026
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Led by music-industry mogul Irving Azoff, the Oak View Group might have found itself with new competition after Legends Global entered the mix, but on Wednesday city officials appeared uninterested in further muddying the convoluted sale of the 112-acre complex.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
18 June 2026
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Silicon Valley tech moguls have spent millions to defeat it, and prominent players in Sacramento have opposed it.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
18 June 2026
Noun
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The outspoken late-night host criticized the SpaceX founder and controversial tech magnate as his company enters the stock market for the first time, a seismic move that made Musk the world's first trillionaire.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
12 June 2026
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Then Miller enlisted investment help from his friend, railroad magnate Henry Huntington, transformed the boarding house into a hotel and renamed it.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
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After Mike Piazza’s towering fly ball settled into the web of Bernie Williams’s mitt to finish off yet another save for Mariano Rivera, Roger, needing only his twinkly eminence as a press pass, led the way to the champagne shower in the Yankees locker room.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
14 June 2026
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Emery’s eminence in Europe has been predicated on managing two-legged contests, knowing that the pace and rhythm is different.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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Pagans come by the thousands to Stonehenge, the prehistoric monument built between approximately 3100 and 1600 BC in Wiltshire, England.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
14 June 2026
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The involuntary drivers of the buses that had become momentary monuments fist-bumped the fans who streamed past them.—
Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
14 June 2026
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“Panjandrum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/panjandrum. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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