1
: emperor
specifically
: the ruler of Russia until the 1917 revolution
2
: one having great power or authority
a banking czar
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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Soon after, Olga divorced her husband, freeing Paul to seek the czar’s permission to marry her.
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Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 June 2025
The News The Trump administration is planning to ramp up civil and criminal prosecutions of companies that employ workers without legal status, White House border czar Tom Homan said in an interview Wednesday.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 12 June 2025
The president also campaigned on the promise of mass deportations and appointed Tom Homan as his administration's border czar to execute his agenda.
—Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 June 2025
Supplementing a more assertive social media presence similar to that of Trump, Newsom has made multiple media appearances on TV and in print, including to challenge Trump border czar Tom Homan to arrest him last weekend over his own resistance to ICE operations.
—Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 12 June 2025
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Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 June 2025
The News The Trump administration is planning to ramp up civil and criminal prosecutions of companies that employ workers without legal status, White House border czar Tom Homan said in an interview Wednesday.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 12 June 2025
The president also campaigned on the promise of mass deportations and appointed Tom Homan as his administration's border czar to execute his agenda.
—Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 June 2025
Supplementing a more assertive social media presence similar to that of Trump, Newsom has made multiple media appearances on TV and in print, including to challenge Trump border czar Tom Homan to arrest him last weekend over his own resistance to ICE operations.
—Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 12 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for czar
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“Czar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/czar. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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