as in tycoon
a person of rank, power, or influence in a particular field
a neighborhood in which the city's merchant princes built palaces that shamelessly celebrated their wealth
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Recent Examples of prince
When the prince brings boyfriend Dev to meet his royal family, their aristocratic inertia threatens the young love.
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Jillian Steinhauer, New Yorker, 27 June 2025
For his part, Irwin says that the prince has also been evolving with the prize.
—Simon Perry, People.com, 26 June 2025
The president of Shabab Al Ahli, the dominant team at the moment, having won two of the past three league titles, is Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, the crown prince of Dubai.
—Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 22 June 2025
The Prince of Wales celebrates his 43rd birthday on June 21, 2025
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The crown prince is 43!
—Brendan Le, People.com, 21 June 2025
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Jillian Steinhauer, New Yorker, 27 June 2025
For his part, Irwin says that the prince has also been evolving with the prize.
—Simon Perry, People.com, 26 June 2025
The president of Shabab Al Ahli, the dominant team at the moment, having won two of the past three league titles, is Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, the crown prince of Dubai.
—Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 22 June 2025
The Prince of Wales celebrates his 43rd birthday on June 21, 2025
9 Comments
The crown prince is 43!
—Brendan Le, People.com, 21 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prince
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Reuters — Vietnam will remove the death penalty for eight offenses from next month, including embezzlement and activities aimed at overthrowing the government, parliament said on Wednesday, sparing the life of a tycoon in a $12 billion fraud case.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
25 June 2025
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Plenty of world leaders, business tycoons, and tech titans share their top reads every year.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
25 June 2025
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Coffee magnate Prayudh Mahagitsiri’s wealth took a hit as his PM Group’s long-standing joint venture with Nestle ended.—
Phisanu Phromchanya,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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The island's first inhabitants were the Gabrielino Indigenous Peoples, and the island has changed ownership since the 1800s until purchased by chewing gum magnate William Wrigley, Jr.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
24 June 2025
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Tokyo is famously the reigning king of Michelin cities, boasting 251 stars across 194 restaurants.—
Jessica Kozuka,
Travel + Leisure,
6 July 2025
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Our leader shall not be a king ruling by divine right, as that was decided on this day in Philadelphia 249 years ago, but one of the common folk elevated freely by fellow citizens.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
4 July 2025
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The footage jumped between a struggling local township and its wealthy local lords, both equally besieged by epidemics of disease.—
Kambole Campbell,
Variety,
10 June 2025
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But before you were born, corridos were about Pancho Villa — not drug lords.—
Leila Cobo,
Billboard,
17 Apr. 2025
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However, the long-reigning monarch never wore the Greville tiara in public, likely due to its significant connection to her late mother.—
Meredith Kile,
People.com,
4 July 2025
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The revolutionary focus was, and remains today, on the rights of the individual — not the state, not the monarch, not a corporate entity, not a particular economic or social class, and certainly not the military.—
Arthur I. Cyr,
Chicago Tribune,
2 July 2025
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The distillery and gardens remain an iconic part of the town of Rothes, providing a glimpse into both the heritage of whisky-making and the lifestyle of 19th-century Scotland and its whisky barons.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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His wife, known as Livy, was the sheltered daughter of a coal baron.—
Dwight Garner,
New York Times,
13 May 2025
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Arena said Bass, who sent the lion’s share of those emails, never represented himself as the city’s lobbyist in front of him.—
Alice Yin,
Chicago Tribune,
30 June 2025
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With a plethora of game—including lions, leopards, cheetahs, rhinos, giraffes and zebras—the country delivers a blend of adventure and jaw-dropping beauty.—
Judy Koutsky,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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The president campaigned fervently last year on the promise of mass deportations and appointed Tom Homan as his border czar to execute his agenda.—
Anna Commander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 June 2025
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Border czar Tom Homan has voiced similar concerns, saying Sunday that 1,272 Iranian nationals were released into the U.S. during the Biden administration.—
Asher Notheis,
The Washington Examiner,
25 June 2025
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“Prince.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prince. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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