czar

variants also tsar or tzar

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Recent Examples of czar But that shifted Monday when White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt defended the border czar. Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 23 Sep. 2025 Ashish Jha, the dean of Brown University’s School of Public Health and the Biden administration’s COVID czar, agreed. Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2025 The White House doesn’t plan on appointing a family czar, who would convene key players across different industries to help boost the birth rate. Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 13 Sep. 2025 White House border czar Tom Homan said Sunday that the raid was just the beginning of what's to come from the administration. Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for czar
Recent Examples of Synonyms for czar
Noun
  • The widow of casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, Miriam Adelson spent millions on her super PAC Preserve America, which helped Trump win last year’s election.
    Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
  • In Season 2, Cross is in pursuit of a ruthless vigilante who is hunting down corrupt billionaire magnates.
    Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Notable criticisms or calls for change from Sharaa’s Sunni base emerged such as Syrian tycoon Ayman al-Asfari, who was among dozens of signatories on a July 23 statement demanding an inclusive government and new constitution.
    Hassan Hassan, Time, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Both Cleo and Mitch end up being restrained by the tycoon’s strong-armed goons.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 5 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Daft Punk were the kings of that.
    Alma Rota, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The uprising took place in the aftermath of the Black Death, as the king was levying higher taxes to fund the Hundred Years’ War.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The email was sent one day after the infamous picture of the prince with his arm around Giuffre was published.
    Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Court documents revealed the extent of Andrew’s relationship with Yang Tengbo, who reportedly forged close ties with the prince.
    Max Foster, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Despite playing just 30 minutes against West Ham, the Arsenal captain ended the game with the joint-most line-breaking passes in the final third (four).
    Art de Roché, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Her father was a Cincinnati police captain, and two of her uncles were lieutenants.
    Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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.
    New York Times, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • So no wonder that his engagement with the human cost of rapid industrialization in early 20th century Bohemia fed into his depiction in the novel of social conditions in robber-baron America.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Earlier this week, Sportico reported that the Houston Dash are nearing a $120 million sale to the 24-year-old Chinese tech mogul Richard Hsiao.
    Melanie Anzidei, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Victoria Beckham‘s eponymous Netflix docuseries is streaming now, delivering a revealing portrait of the Spice Girl turned football WAG turned fashion mogul.
    Ellise Shafer, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025

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