king

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Recent Examples of king The king of the nerds is finally coming to Comic-Con. Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 11 July 2025 If the act of conquering land was men’s domain, the king needed women to create emotional and physical connections to the land itself, ensuring these regions remained under French control. Ann Foster, JSTOR Daily, 9 July 2025 Tokyo is famously the reigning king of Michelin cities, boasting 251 stars across 194 restaurants. Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 6 July 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for king
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Noun
  • Effectively Building Brand Recognition with Purpose and Preparation Diane Primo, CEO, marketing magnate, and communication innovator, served as the keynote speaker.
    Essence, Essence, 30 June 2025
  • Hefty Payroll Money is no object to Mets owner Steve Cohen, who made a fortune as a hedge fund magnate before buying the ballclub five years ago.
    Dan Schlossberg, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
Noun
  • At the height of the Greek junta, Irma is murdered by her husband, a tycoon, on their private island.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2025
  • The debut comes after the tycoon—son of famed Hong Kong businessman Li Ka-shing—tried to take the company public in New York in 2021, which was abandoned after regulatory scrutiny.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 7 July 2025
Noun
  • All retained their titles of prince and princess, but these titles will become personal and any future spouses or children will not have a right to them.
    Alex Apatoff, People.com, 15 July 2025
  • Bailey is Fiyero, a prince and popular student at Shiz University, while Goldblum plays the iconic Wizard.
    Daysia Tolentino, EW.com, 13 July 2025
Noun
  • In the series, following the Norman invasion of England, Rob (Patten) – a Saxon forester’s son – and Marian (McQueen) the daughter of a Norman lord – fall in love and work together to fight for justice and freedom.
    Denise Petski, Deadline, 1 July 2025
  • Presumably just as they were paid (or not) by lords and monarchs who commissioned musical works for weddings and entertainments before copyright law was a thing.
    Bill Hochberg, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • After playing Lucius in Batman Begins, Freeman reprised his role of God in Evan Almighty, and appeared in The Bucket List, Invictus, Red and Lucy.
    Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 15 June 2025
  • So do East Avenue and Owen Almighty, who will start farther out.
    Greg Rosenstein, NBC news, 4 May 2025
Noun
  • The reigning monarch would get the final say in granting approval to a club.
    Mike Fore, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
  • Biya came to power in 1982 and has remained in office for more than four decades, becoming one of the globe’s longest-serving heads of state, excluding monarchs.
    Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • As Circ’s sourcing czar, Vellanki-Seijge has a personal stake in all this.
    Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 8 July 2025
  • While the dire wolves were promoted by investor George R.R. Martin, this latest project started with a pitch from Lord of Rings director and unofficial New Zealand tourism czar Peter Jackson, whose films introduced the world to the stunning mountain ranges and grassy plains of his homeland.
    Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 8 July 2025
Noun
  • Janie Hunt, 9, of Dallas, a great-granddaughter of oil baron William Herbert Hunt and a relative of the family that owns the Kansas City Chiefs, was attending Camp Mystic for the first time, her grandmother Margaret Hunt told the New York Times.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 July 2025
  • Huene, a baron, had known Paley since dancing school in Russia, where his father had been equerry to the czar.
    Amy Fine Collins, airmail.news, 5 July 2025

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“King.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/king. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.

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