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also tsar
or tzar
as in magnate
a person of rank, power, or influence in a particular field
a showbiz czar who is said to be able to make or break a career
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Recent Examples of czar
For White House Border czar Tom Homan and Secretary Mullin, keeping Venturella's arrival low-key may be a deliberate attempt to avoid drawing fresh congressional fire to an agency already under siege.
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Philip Wang, Time, 18 May 2026
Brosseau has been the fentanyl czar since February 2025, after serving as the deputy national security and intelligence adviser to the prime minister.
—Josh Meyer, USA Today, 14 May 2026
Last year, Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee wrote to White House border czar Tom Homan, raising concern that Venturella's return to ICE to oversee contracts that would go to companies like Geo Group, his previous employer, presented a conflict of interest.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 12 May 2026
Venturella Is a close ally of border czar Tom Homan, and previously worked at a private prison group.
—Luke Barr, ABC News, 12 May 2026
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Philip Wang, Time, 18 May 2026
Brosseau has been the fentanyl czar since February 2025, after serving as the deputy national security and intelligence adviser to the prime minister.
—Josh Meyer, USA Today, 14 May 2026
Last year, Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee wrote to White House border czar Tom Homan, raising concern that Venturella's return to ICE to oversee contracts that would go to companies like Geo Group, his previous employer, presented a conflict of interest.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 12 May 2026
Venturella Is a close ally of border czar Tom Homan, and previously worked at a private prison group.
—Luke Barr, ABC News, 12 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for czar
Noun
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The backstory South African billionaire and tech magnate Koos Bekker and his wife Karen Roos had already created waves at Babylonstoren in South Africa, with its gardens modeled on those of the Dutch East India Company, vineyards, and herbal spa.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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His students had collectively decided to set the play in eighteen-nineties Butte, making the court of Duke Frederick the house of a silver-mining magnate and situating the Forest of Arden in the Absarokas.—
Jonathan Franzen,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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In January, police in Cambodia also arrested Chen Zhi, the tycoon accused of running numerous scam compounds, a few months after the US seized about $15 billion in cryptocurrency tied to his businesses.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
3 June 2026
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Ali kills the sex- and drug-trafficking tycoon with three shotgun blasts to the chest.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
1 June 2026
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The collection spans centuries of storytelling in multiple genres, from migratory fairytales with kings and princesses to legends of ghosts and the Devil to fables with talking animals.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
7 June 2026
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The site is on a low-lying barrier island in a mandatory hurricane evacuation zone and faces ongoing risks from flooding, sea-level rise, king tides and storm surge.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
6 June 2026
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“Czar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/czar. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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