variants
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
Earlier this month, Trump’s counterterrorism czar, Sebastian Gorka, released a public counterterrorism strategy claiming that left-wing extremists are one of the three top counterterrorism priorities facing the United States.
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Daniel Boguslaw,
ArsTechnica,
27 May 2026
If that rearrangement of duties is enacted, the next governor would be a virtual czar of the nation’s largest public education system.
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Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
27 May 2026
If that rearrangement of duties is enacted, the next governor would be a virtual czar of the nation’s largest public education system.
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Dan Walters,
Oc Register,
26 May 2026
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
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Daniel Boguslaw,
ArsTechnica,
27 May 2026
If that rearrangement of duties is enacted, the next governor would be a virtual czar of the nation’s largest public education system.
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Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
27 May 2026
If that rearrangement of duties is enacted, the next governor would be a virtual czar of the nation’s largest public education system.
—
Dan Walters,
Oc Register,
26 May 2026
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.
—
Philip Wang,
Time,
18 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for czar
Noun
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Jolie balked at the term and struck a $64 million deal with the billionaire alcohol magnate, Yuri Shefler.
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The verdict cleared a legal cloud hanging over OpenAI's restructuring right as both magnates were steering their companies toward the public market.
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Alongside the police raids, the downfall of these tycoons put pressure on scam companies, which have relocated from Cambodia in recent months, researchers and former scam workers said.
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The couple traveled to the South of France in search of a holiday home and, in 1938, stayed at the legendary Hôtel Provençal in Juan-les-Pins as guests of its owner, Florence Gould, the socialite wife of American tycoon Frank Jay Gould.
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For a queen mother to privilege her daughter/queen’s wishes above those of the son/king who abdicated in the night?
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Little is yet known about the jewelry and its significance, but Gordon believes that the jewelry was once worn by the kings and queens of an ancient Khmer Empire that spanned Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Thailand, and existed for hundreds of years.
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“Czar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/czar. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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