variants
also tsar
or tzar
as in magnate
a person of rank, power, or influence in a particular field
a showbiz czar who is said to be able to make or break a career
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Rahul Gupta, the White House drug czar, believes this shift is because public health and addiction treatment programs are finally working.
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Brittney Melton, NPR, 18 Sep. 2024
The Biden administration’s Asia czar woke up one morning in 2022 to a long article in the local press about the U.S. running chemical and biological labs in Ukraine, a claim that Washington calls an outright lie.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2024
The czar ruled over the Second Bulgarian Empire between 1331 through 1371.
—Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 26 Sep. 2024
Advertisement President Biden tasked Harris with working to address the root causes of immigration patterns that have caused many people fleeing violence and drug gangs in Central America to head to the U.S. border and seek asylum, though she was not called border czar.
—Zeke Miller and Colleen Long, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2024
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Brittney Melton, NPR, 18 Sep. 2024
The Biden administration’s Asia czar woke up one morning in 2022 to a long article in the local press about the U.S. running chemical and biological labs in Ukraine, a claim that Washington calls an outright lie.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2024
The czar ruled over the Second Bulgarian Empire between 1331 through 1371.
—Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 26 Sep. 2024
Advertisement President Biden tasked Harris with working to address the root causes of immigration patterns that have caused many people fleeing violence and drug gangs in Central America to head to the U.S. border and seek asylum, though she was not called border czar.
—Zeke Miller and Colleen Long, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2024
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“Czar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/czar. Accessed 30 Oct. 2024.
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