1
: emperor
specifically
: the ruler of Russia until the 1917 revolution
2
: one having great power or authority
a banking czar
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Examples of czar in a Sentence
a showbiz czar who is said to be able to make or break a career
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Harris’s role as ‘border czar’ Migration to the southern border spiked in 2021 during the pandemic and after the Biden administration eased immigration policies.
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Anna Giaritelli, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 10 July 2024
In 2016, Painter, former White House ethics czar Norman Eisen and Harvard Law professor Laurence Tribe warned about how Trump’s business dealings with foreign governments would be prohibited because of concerns about foreign influence by those who wrote the U.S. Constitution.
—Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 2 July 2024
Florida’s public safety czar has ties to migrant flight contractor
The Tampa Bay Times reported that the judge who has already ordered the governor’s staff to turn over those records seemed incredulous that the state’s lawyers were arguing otherwise.
—Scott Maxwell, Orlando Sentinel, 25 June 2024
This three-ring-circus is orchestrated by ringmaster President Biden with border czar Kamala Harris and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandor Mayorkas in the other rings yelling the border is closed, the border is secure.
—For Carroll County Times, Baltimore Sun, 18 Feb. 2024
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Anna Giaritelli, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 10 July 2024
In 2016, Painter, former White House ethics czar Norman Eisen and Harvard Law professor Laurence Tribe warned about how Trump’s business dealings with foreign governments would be prohibited because of concerns about foreign influence by those who wrote the U.S. Constitution.
—Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 2 July 2024
Florida’s public safety czar has ties to migrant flight contractor
The Tampa Bay Times reported that the judge who has already ordered the governor’s staff to turn over those records seemed incredulous that the state’s lawyers were arguing otherwise.
—Scott Maxwell, Orlando Sentinel, 25 June 2024
This three-ring-circus is orchestrated by ringmaster President Biden with border czar Kamala Harris and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandor Mayorkas in the other rings yelling the border is closed, the border is secure.
—For Carroll County Times, Baltimore Sun, 18 Feb. 2024
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“Czar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/czar. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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