czar
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, ˈ(t)sär
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, ˈ(t)sär- \
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baron, captain, king, lion, lord, magnate, mogul, monarch, Napoleon, prince, tycoon
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His plan details policies that span from hiring a drug czar to combat the opioid crisis to strengthening the state’s role in enforcing federal immigration laws. — Skyler Swisher, Sun-Sentinel.com, "Adam Putnam's new public safety plan vows tough sentencing laws, avoids gun issue," 7 June 2018 In another significant move, a programming czar has been put in place to guide the creative operations at HBO, Turner and a new streaming service WarnerMedia is launching later this year. ... — Joe Flint, WSJ, "AT&T Breaks Up Turner, Bulks Up Warner Bros. in Major WarnerMedia Overhaul," 4 Mar. 2019 The ceremony itself unfolded in a Kremlin hall used to crown three czars — Alexander II, Alexander III, and Nicholas II — as well as previous presidential inaugurations. — Andrew E. Kramer, BostonGlobe.com, "Putin starts 4th term with coronation-style ceremony," 7 May 2018 Vice Premier Liu He, China’s economy czar, was due to arrive in Washington on Thursday, China’s state media reported, after two days of preliminary talks by lower-level officials. — Alex Veiga, The Seattle Times, "US stocks edge higher in early trading, extending gains," 20 Feb. 2019 Some conservatives — Kansas secretary of state and former White House voter fraud czar Kris Kobach, National Review’s Rich Lowry — have cited the North Carolina scandal as evidence that voter fraud does happen. — Dylan Scott, Vox, "There’s election fraud in North Carolina. That’s not the same thing as voter fraud.," 11 Dec. 2018 The 127-year-old piece, which was stolen from czar Alexander III during the Russian Revolution, is an original Fabergé now worth over $33 million. — Town & Country, "The 1% Daily," 19 Mar. 2014 The neighborhood of Sea Cliff is miles away from the tidy facades of Pacific Heights, where the city’s old guard of Gettys and Trainas mixes with tech czars (Jony Ive, Larry Ellison) and political luminaries (Dianne Feinstein, Pelosi). — Rob Haskell, Vogue, "Billionaire Democrat Tom Steyer on Impeaching Trump, Getting Out the Vote, and Winning in 2020," 14 Nov. 2018 In December 2011, Gustavo Alfredo Landaverde, the former deputy drug czar of Honduras, told the Miami Herald how the Honduran National Police killed on behalf of the cartels. — Rachel Kleinfeld, WSJ, "The Violence Driving Migration Isn’t Just Gangs," 9 Nov. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'czar.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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