as in magnate
a person of rank, power, or influence in a particular field
a media baron who owns newspapers, television and radio stations, and even several cable networks
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Recent Examples of baron
Speaking of bandits, Leland Stanford famously jumpstarted his profits from miners into even greater swindles as a railroad baron, California Governor, and US Senator.
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Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 23 Apr. 2025
Pauline and the baron maintained separate apartments in Paris and would see each other by appointment so that their relationship would maintain its sparkle and excitement.
—Ralph Rucci, Robb Report, 20 Apr. 2025
The movie landed two Oscar nominations including lead actor for Sebastian Stan as Trump and supporting actor for Jeremy Strong, who played the New York City real estate baron’s mentor Roy Cohn.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 14 Apr. 2025
The first is about Sir Gawain, nephew of King Arthur, whose rivals include both rebellious barons at home and pagan Saxons invading from abroad.
—Alan Yuhas, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
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Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 23 Apr. 2025
Pauline and the baron maintained separate apartments in Paris and would see each other by appointment so that their relationship would maintain its sparkle and excitement.
—Ralph Rucci, Robb Report, 20 Apr. 2025
The movie landed two Oscar nominations including lead actor for Sebastian Stan as Trump and supporting actor for Jeremy Strong, who played the New York City real estate baron’s mentor Roy Cohn.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 14 Apr. 2025
The first is about Sir Gawain, nephew of King Arthur, whose rivals include both rebellious barons at home and pagan Saxons invading from abroad.
—Alan Yuhas, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for baron
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This group includes finance mogul Stephen Smith, car dealership billionaire Norman Braman, industrial business magnate Harsh Goenka, homebuilder Patrick Neal and five anonymous respondents.—
Phoebe Liu,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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Lauder, a billionaire, philanthropist and son of the makeup magnate Estée Lauder, founded the initiative in 2022 as a way to increase access to Jewish day schools in America.—
Lois K. Solomon,
Sun Sentinel,
3 June 2025
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Elsewhere, organised crime still has its tendrils in many parts of the sport across the globe, and the misty-eyed reverence for benevolent local tycoons is a notion that went extinct before the Tasmanian tiger.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
2 June 2025
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Apart from the sale of primary shares, Maynilad Water Holding—which counts Metro Pacific, tycoon Isidro Consunji’s DMCI Holdings and Japan’s Marubeni Corp. among its shareholders—will sell 354.7 million shares at the IPO price, raising an additional 7.1 billion pesos in a secondary offering.—
Ian Sayson,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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The cushy king beds are topped with $23,000 mattresses from 100-year-old luxury Swedish label Duxiana.—
Katie Nanton,
Travel + Leisure,
12 June 2025
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Their responses revealed a clear message: Efficiency is king.—
Sonali Bloom,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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“Baron.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/baron. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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