king

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Recent Examples of king The future king's rule for a good brownie? Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025 For this approach, flexibility is king and spontaneity rules. Meredith Heil Bock, AFAR Media, 8 Sep. 2025 The ships will have five stateroom categories, all with king beds and complimentary mini bars. Nathan Diller, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025 In the early personal computer space, cost was king. ArsTechnica, 4 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for king
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Noun
  • The same goes for the Miami Dolphins’ Stephen Ross, a real estate magnate who was flat year-over-year and is worth $17 billion.
    Justin Birnbaum, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Charnvirakul, a construction magnate, succeeds Paetongtarn Shinawatra, a member of the powerful Shinawatra family who was suspended in July after a phone call with a former Cambodian leader was leaked.
    Ben Smith, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • After killing off Jon Hamm’s oil tycoon Monty Miller, the season one finale set up Tommy to take over his late boss’ oil company alongside Monty’s wife, Cami, played by Demi Moore.
    Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Not dabblers in the slave trade, tycoons of the slave trade.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The interview, which came to be because the prince was facing mounting scrutiny due to his alleged relationship with Epstein, was supposed to be a way to save his public image.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The project is described to us as in the vein of King Lear and Succession, charting the rivalry between two princes over a renowned Korean painting.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Screenwriter Michael Lesslie oversaw this adaptation, which carries with it unfortunate relics of an earlier time — not the iambic pentameter, which is sacred, but references to kings and lords and a royal society that doesn’t translate one bit to the modern corporate world.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 30 Aug. 2025
  • As kings and lords stopped leading troops into battle, the role of head of the military fell to a chancellor.
    Peter Suciu, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Even Ethan Almighty has been affected by the generosity of Supplies Over Seas.
    Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 7 Aug. 2025
  • By the time Laras is making like Linda Blair, malicious jinn power resisting that of Almighty Allah, the film has already gone down a familiar path of grotesque makeup, stunts and digital FX.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 6 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Though most monarchs live their entire lives in castles and palaces, the late queen was not born expecting to ascend to the throne.
    Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Queen Elizabeth, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, died in 2022 at age 96.
    Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Unsurprisingly, David Sacks, a venture capitalist serving as the White House’s crypto and AI czar, is expected to be at the event.
    Dylan Butts, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Adams agreed to work with border czar Tom Homan on the condition that immigrants who had not committed crimes could continue to access city services without fear.
    Dan Gooding Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Ransom Eli Olds was one of the most influential auto barons of his time, credited with being the first to design an assembly line for vehicle manfacturing.
    Kristen Jordan Shamus, Freep.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • The diamond baron died on Saturday, Aug. 23, due to complications from a fall, his son, Leon, said, per The New York Times.
    Charna Flam, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025

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“King.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/king. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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