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
Andrew met Epstein in the late nineties, through Ghislaine Maxwell, the youngest daughter of Robert Maxwell, a former press baron.
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Sam Knight, New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2026
The land was donated to the Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles in the 1950s by descendants of one of the city’s early oil barons.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
Past Lord Wardens include barons, earls, princes, and future kings.
—Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 10 Feb. 2026
And, lately, the country’s ultrarich have been behaving like modern-day land barons, quietly assembling empires measured not just in acres but in square miles and state sizes.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 10 Feb. 2026
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Sam Knight, New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2026
The land was donated to the Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles in the 1950s by descendants of one of the city’s early oil barons.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
Past Lord Wardens include barons, earls, princes, and future kings.
—Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 10 Feb. 2026
And, lately, the country’s ultrarich have been behaving like modern-day land barons, quietly assembling empires measured not just in acres but in square miles and state sizes.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 10 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for baron
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Atlassian Central, Australia Sustainability is essential to the climate, and construction magnates are already taking note.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Feb. 2026
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Birmingham's Thomas Rainwater, the casino magnate and Broken Rock Reservation boss, will also feature heavily on Marshals alongside Mo (Mo Brings Plenty), his lethal right hand.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Feb. 2026
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An appellate court in Hong Kong reversed fraud convictions against former media tycoon Jimmy Lai.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
26 Feb. 2026
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The fact that Yasmin’s father was a publishing tycoon and died on a boat called the Lady Yasmin, all of these things are [part of it].—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
23 Feb. 2026
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Rather than focusing on the shiny diversions of loud spectacles, Americans might take a few moments this year to explore the parallels between our current condition and the detailed indictment of particulars that Thomas Jefferson laid out against the king of England in 1776.—
Edwin C. Yohnka,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Mar. 2026
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Gadget is a berry-forward sour brewed by the king of sour beers in the heart of hipster heaven.—
Rasputin Todd,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
1 Mar. 2026
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“Baron.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/baron. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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