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Recent Examples of baron The Coastal Commuter Link idea is an outgrowth of a plan researched and coordinated by the Florida Department of Transportation starting in 2003, decades after passenger rail service along the line founded by oil baron Henry Flagler ceased in 1968. David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2025 Though one is a human innovation and the other hails from a distant world, neither would’ve posed a danger had greedy tech barons not released them from the Pandora’s box of scientific progress. Judy Berman, Time, 5 Aug. 2025 The town of about 9,000 people was founded by copper barons who profited off nearby mines in the late 1800s. Arkansas Online, 3 Aug. 2025 Founded in the late 1800s by copper barons who made their fortunes from nearby mines, it is still marked by a towering, now-defunct smelter stack that dominates the skyline. Jenna Sundel gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for baron
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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
  • In the 1600s the British parliament firmly established its predominance over the king, while Europe saw the rise of absolute monarchies in the then-great continental powers of Spain and France.
    Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Fort Lauderdale alerted residents that the heavy rain in recent days, coupled with king tides, put some major roads in the city underwater this week.
    Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Baron.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/baron. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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