czarina

variants also tsarina or tzarina
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Recent Examples of czarina The czarinas enter the elevator together, exchanging polite chitchat that seems to evaporate immediately from their pursed lips. Chop Choppish Shop, Air Mail, 11 Apr. 2026 Louisiana’s Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, which employs a full-time nutria czarina, approves of using and disposing of the dead rats in just about any way imaginable. Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025 The children spent time with their older half-siblings from their parents’ first marriages, as well as their cousins, the five children of Nicholas and his czarina, Alexandra. Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 June 2025 There is a new gambling czarina — Governor Charlie Baker appointed Cathy Judd-Stein to the post in January. Shirley Leung, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2019 Almost to the end, the czar and czarina—secure in their faith that they are adored—scoff at all indicators to the contrary as rumors or malicious lies. Dorothy Rabinowitz, WSJ, 27 June 2019 Tamim’s younger sister, Mayassa, is Qatar’s culture czarina — an art world behemoth who, at the age of 30, had an estimated annual budget of $1 billion. Written By Declan Walsh; Photographs By Tomas Munita, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2018 There, King Stanislaw II August Poniatowski was trying to rebuild the nation’s strength despite the menacing influence of Russian czarina Catherine the Great, his former lover and patron. Erick Trickey, Smithsonian, 8 Mar. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for czarina
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • Contemporary art work, frescoes and artifacts discovered during the property’s restoration, including a marble head of the Roman empress Livia Drusilla, are also on display.
    Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 8 Apr. 2026
  • She is especially recognized for her starring role as the Russian empress Catherine II in the Hulu show The Great (2020–23), for which she was nominated for an Emmy Award for best actress in a comedy series.
    Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The meat of the summit doesn’t start until Thursday, when the leaders hold bilateral talks, visit the Temple of Heaven, where Chinese emperors once prayed for bumper crops, and take part in a formal banquet.
    Aamer Madhani, Fortune, 13 May 2026
  • And, of course, the re-introduction of the emperor in the final installment even though Darth Vader killed him decades prior.
    Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2026
Noun
  • Goodnight, sweet prince of a celebration.
    Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2026
  • And the reunion between Odysseus’ fellow king Menelaus (Jon Bernthal) and his wife Helen (Lupita Nyong’o)—the most beautiful woman in the world, blamed for starting the war after a Trojan prince spirited her away—has always felt too neatly resolved in the poem.
    Eliana Dockterman, Time, 12 May 2026
Noun
  • Number one pick Azzi Fudd (the reigning people’s princess of women’s basketball) glided her way through the night in three different looks and officially joined the Dallas Wings, the team that her partner, Paige Bueckers, also happens to play for, in a delightful twist.
    Yohana Desta, Vanity Fair, 7 May 2026
  • The princess first wore yesterday’s suit for a charity engagement in east London in 2023, and again for an audience with Jordan’s Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II and Princess Rajwa Al Hussein in 2025.
    Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 7 May 2026
Noun
  • The queens of the ballroom extravaganza have moved both costume designer Qween Jean’s fabulous couture and the cats’ quest for immortality up to the main stem with Andrew Lloyd Webber’s righteous blessing.
    Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026
  • Katie is kind of the queen of late-breaking news to important men in her life, but unlike Archie’s debacle with Sunny, Greg can very easily take back his intent to leave.
    Erin Qualey, Vulture, 11 May 2026
Noun
  • The second part, loosely based on the siege of Chitor in 1303 by the Delhi sultan Alauddin Khalji, shifts from historical narrative into allegory.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Beren serves all the mezza favorites like hummus, babaghanoush, feta and pink sultan (a red beet dip).
    Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The home has a comfortable, king-sized bed and a private bathroom, too.
    Kimberley Mok, Travel + Leisure, 10 May 2026
  • The award marks further recognition of both creator-writer Raphael Montes, king of crime fiction in Brazil, and in this case HBO Max Latin America’s first original telenovela as global streamers move very successfully into the long series format.
    Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 10 May 2026

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