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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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Recent Examples of czar
Healey is even less flattering talking about border czar Tom Homan.
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Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 29 May 2025
Now, as a Wall Street giant suddenly flips from gold to bitcoin, the bitcoin price is braced for a huge week that will see U.S. president Donald Trump’s vice president JD Vance speak alongside Trump’s crypto czar David Sacks at the Bitcoin 2025 conference.
—Billy Bambrough, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
That’s why figures like immigration czar Tom Homan have balked so much at efforts to alert people about their rights: this administration does not want people to know what they’re entitled to under our laws.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 23 May 2025
That was evident during the citywide immigration raids attended by Trump’s border czar Tom Homan and the TV personality Dr. Phil in January — and now in Wednesday’s courthouse arrests.
—Laura Rodríguez Presa, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2025
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Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 29 May 2025
Now, as a Wall Street giant suddenly flips from gold to bitcoin, the bitcoin price is braced for a huge week that will see U.S. president Donald Trump’s vice president JD Vance speak alongside Trump’s crypto czar David Sacks at the Bitcoin 2025 conference.
—Billy Bambrough, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
That’s why figures like immigration czar Tom Homan have balked so much at efforts to alert people about their rights: this administration does not want people to know what they’re entitled to under our laws.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 23 May 2025
That was evident during the citywide immigration raids attended by Trump’s border czar Tom Homan and the TV personality Dr. Phil in January — and now in Wednesday’s courthouse arrests.
—Laura Rodríguez Presa, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for czar
Noun
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But the character is more of a riff on the real-life oil baron Calouste Gulbenkian, the world’s richest man at the time of his death in 1955 and a template for today’s globe-roaming magnates who pledge allegiance only to their own ambitions.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2025
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The brand is a jewel in the crown of luxury magnate Bernard Arnault, the founder of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, who has owned Dior since 1984.—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
29 May 2025
Noun
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Elsewhere, organised crime still has its tendrils in many parts of the sport across the globe, and the misty-eyed reverence for benevolent local tycoons is a notion that went extinct before the Tasmanian tiger.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
2 June 2025
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Apart from the sale of primary shares, Maynilad Water Holding—which counts Metro Pacific, tycoon Isidro Consunji’s DMCI Holdings and Japan’s Marubeni Corp. among its shareholders—will sell 354.7 million shares at the IPO price, raising an additional 7.1 billion pesos in a secondary offering.—
Ian Sayson,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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However, mattress brands in this list offer sizes ranging from twin XL to California king.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
30 May 2025
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The ocean suites are laid out with a king bed and a large living room that opens to a generous porch with a daybed.—
Christopher Cameron,
Robb Report,
30 May 2025
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In March 2024, Prince Joachim and Princess Marie gave an interview to The Washington Post in Washington, D.C., where the prince works as a defense industry attaché at the Danish Embassy.—
Meredith Kile,
People.com,
28 May 2025
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Off the back of that viral video, a fan of Harry and Meghan Markle suggested the prince was the most obvious example, posting several videos of Harry on royal engagements.—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 May 2025
Noun
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The Stars’ captain, Benn, absolutely plastered Bouchard in the second period with a heavy hit on the forecheck.—
Pierre LeBrun,
New York Times,
27 May 2025
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On the most basic level, it’s been about Nathan Fielder using the absurd apparatus of an HBO comedy series to expose a major safety issue in airline cockpits, tied to a breakdown in communication between the captain and the co-pilot.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
26 May 2025
Noun
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The baron and his pious daughter seem at peace with their mutual estrangement until Zsa-zsa suddenly decides to break that habit.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
18 May 2025
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In his view, the tech barons were not even on the right path to building their artificial Einstein.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
4 Apr. 2025
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Scroll down for a look at all the homes the 20-something mogul currently maintains.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
30 May 2025
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But the comparisons to our real tech moguls aren’t one-to-one.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
30 May 2025
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“Czar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/czar. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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