as in magnate
a person of rank, power, or influence in a particular field
the book festival brought together two lions of contemporary poetry for a joint reading
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Recent Examples of lion
The Catholic Church reserves the priesthood for men, and women have long complained of a second-class status despite carrying out the lion’s share of the church’s work running schools, hospitals and passing the faith onto younger generations.
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Los Angeles Times,
30 June 2026
Last June, Buffet made a record donation of $6 billion in Berkshire Hathaway shares to five charities—his biggest ever—with the lion’s share going to the Gates Foundation.
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Siladitya Ray,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
Alligators, crocodiles, lions, tigers, and bears might have to become supper.
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David Merritt Johns,
The Atlantic,
27 June 2026
That’s one less lion left for Daemon to kill.
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Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
22 June 2026
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Los Angeles Times,
30 June 2026
Last June, Buffet made a record donation of $6 billion in Berkshire Hathaway shares to five charities—his biggest ever—with the lion’s share going to the Gates Foundation.
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Siladitya Ray,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
Alligators, crocodiles, lions, tigers, and bears might have to become supper.
—
David Merritt Johns,
The Atlantic,
27 June 2026
That’s one less lion left for Daemon to kill.
—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
22 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for lion
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lion
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French and Ukrainian media reported that a Ukrainian magnate and his family were those injured.
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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 intensely private Korean shipping tycoon rocked the tanker industry early this year as his Sinokor Group embarked on an unprecedented buying spree.
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The 58-year-old construction tycoon renounced his Ukrainian citizenship in 2017, Ukrainian media reported, and has been a citizen of Cyprus since 2019.
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The future king of Britain descends from American patriots who fought against the crown he is destined to inherit, according to a new book tracing Prince William's family tree.
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The Goodnight Suite is the crème de la crème of the property spanning almost 2,000 square feet and featuring a living room, dining room, and a bedroom with a king size bed.
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The two estranged princes – now fathers and husbands – have only seen one another a handful of times in the last four years.
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During his stay from July 7 to 11, the prince will carry out a series of charity engagements, and kick off the one-year countdown to the 2027 Invictus Games.
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Much of this episode focused on Rhaenyra’s uncomfortable interactions with various lords and ladies in King’s Landing, from a hostile High Septon to Lord Corlys Velaryon to her new dragonriders.
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The invisible power of the unelected despots of data and tech lords must be diminished; if families cannot control the disaster of digital addiction, states will have to legislate for them.
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This was perhaps the greatest bifurcation of the labor force seen since the days of land barons.
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Cruise sports a thick Southern accent, a beer belly and thinning white hair (fashioned in an unconvincing combover) to play the oil baron whose company may have set off an ecological disaster that could also spark a nuclear war.
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The garment, rooted in West Asian culture, has been embraced with open arms by resortwear for decades, especially once it was brought into Western fashion in the 1950s by stars like Elizabeth Taylor and Jacqueline Kennedy.
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All three games of series were sellouts — a testament to the fandom of the two-time defending World Series champions and the team’s international baseball star, Ohtani.
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DeSantis and Tom Homan, the White House immigration czar, announced last week that the detention has served its purpose and was shutting down.
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Among the executives, NatGeo documentary czar Carolyn Bernstein got an invite, along with new Disney CEO Josh D’Amaro and New York Film Festival director Dennis Lim.
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“Lion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lion. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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