as in magnates
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 barons
Teeming with tennis courts, specimen trees and stone mansions raised from the dirt by 19th-century railroad barons, the suburb makes wealth feel like weather, an ozone layer shrouding everything — ambient, constant and vital.
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New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
But the grab bag of parts—cheese barons, Nazis—never comes together, and the old obsessions never acquire new force.
—Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
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
Feeding their massive media empires, media barons like William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer competed for readership by printing sensationalist stories, gossip, and exaggerated claims.
—Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 19 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
New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
But the grab bag of parts—cheese barons, Nazis—never comes together, and the old obsessions never acquire new force.
—Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
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
Feeding their massive media empires, media barons like William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer competed for readership by printing sensationalist stories, gossip, and exaggerated claims.
—Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 19 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for barons
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In Season 2, Cross is in pursuit of a ruthless vigilante who is hunting down corrupt billionaire magnates.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
9 Oct. 2025
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Now the second season finds Cross in pursuit of a ruthless vigilante hunting down corrupt billionaire magnates.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Oct. 2025
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The series marks the first mainstream platform uniting India’s entertainment icons with industry tycoons to spotlight fashion entrepreneurship.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
3 Oct. 2025
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Recent years have seen these tycoons entering into the world of politics.—
Senior Editor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Barons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barons. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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