as in magnate
a person of rank, power, or influence in a particular field
a media baron who owns newspapers, television and radio stations, and even several cable networks
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Recent Examples of baron
Meanwhile, a baron’s daughter falls deeply in love with a clergyman, defiantly forgoing societal expectations to experience true love.
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Emily Zarevich, JSTOR Daily, 11 Sep. 2025
Ransom Eli Olds was one of the most influential auto barons of his time, credited with being the first to design an assembly line for vehicle manfacturing.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, Freep.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Feeding their massive media empires, media barons like William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer competed for readership by printing sensationalist stories, gossip, and exaggerated claims.
—Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2025
The property includes a 1929 Spanish colonial-style cottage, the first of five planned by oil baron Edward Doheny’s son, Ned, as a retreat enclave in Capistrano Beach, along with a 1981 European-style home.
—Sandra Barrera, Oc Register, 18 Aug. 2025
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Emily Zarevich, JSTOR Daily, 11 Sep. 2025
Ransom Eli Olds was one of the most influential auto barons of his time, credited with being the first to design an assembly line for vehicle manfacturing.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, Freep.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Feeding their massive media empires, media barons like William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer competed for readership by printing sensationalist stories, gossip, and exaggerated claims.
—Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2025
The property includes a 1929 Spanish colonial-style cottage, the first of five planned by oil baron Edward Doheny’s son, Ned, as a retreat enclave in Capistrano Beach, along with a 1981 European-style home.
—Sandra Barrera, Oc Register, 18 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for baron
Noun
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Known as the Uplands Mansion, the palatial home was built in 1917 for the grandson for railroad magnate Charles Crocker.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
29 Sep. 2025
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Putin was portrayed as an unsightly troll, who, by an act of magic—a spell cast by the puppet version of Boris Berezovsky, the magnate who helped engineer his rise to the Presidency—comes to appear beautiful and virtuous, the subject of great adulation and deference.—
Joshua Yaffa,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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At the time, optimism over Labubu’s growing popularity once made Wang richer than China’s iconic tycoons including Alibaba cofounder Jack Ma.—
Yue Wang,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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In court documents obtained by PEOPLE, the Israeli Russian diamond tycoon filed suit against him for allegedly impersonating them and unjustly enriching himself using their last name.—
Kelsie Gibson,
People.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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The king will reportedly insist on a lower profile.—
Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa,
FOXNews.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement In a sign of remarkable growth, Heon no longer vies for power, but rather vows to kill his uncle to ensure that his half-brother, Jin-myeong, can perhaps grow to be the sage king Heon never truly was.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Baron.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/baron. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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