lions

noun

plural of lion
as in magnates
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 lions The 135 animals found at a ranch also included lions, buffalo, sulcata tortoises, spider monkeys, jaguars, an American bison and a green macaw. — CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026 The Indianapolis Zoo confirmed all its lions were accounted for to the Indianapolis Star, part of the USA TODAY Network. — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026 The famed Big 5 (elephants, buffalos, leopards, rhinos, and lions) are all easily spotted in these lands, but the diverse habitats provide opportunities for different behavioral sightings, from feeding to bathing and mating. — Paul Jebara, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Aug. 2026 Similar urinary compounds were also found in lions, leopards, tigers, lynxes, jaguars, and other feline species. — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 19 Aug. 2026 This transfer leaves more than 20 lions and tigers at Luján while Four Paws searches for their long-term homes. — ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026 This male and female pair was originally designed for the 1893 World’s Fair in plaster by Edward Kemeys, who also did the Art Institute lions. — Mary Wisniewski, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026 The heat has claimed the lives of lions elsewhere in Asia this year too. — Yumi Asada, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026 Fortunately, the average person is far more likely to face a power outage, storm or water disruption than a team of trackers and hungry lions. — Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 31 July 2026
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  1. magnates
  2. tycoons
  3. kings
  4. princes
Noun
  • The verdict cleared a legal cloud hanging over OpenAI's restructuring right as both magnates were steering their companies toward the public market.
    — Alicia Park, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • Newspapers fell into the hands of magnates who advanced their own interests.
    — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
Definition of magnates
Noun
  • The Court has been persistently reactionary in its dealings with other branches, using horizontal review to protect enslavers from abolitionists, bosses from unions, and tycoons from tax collectors.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The entrepreneur’s efforts secured him a place on the list of the Philippines’ 50 richest in a challenging year when a weaker peso took a toll on the total wealth of the country’s tycoons, which shrank 8% to $79 billion.
    — Naazneen Karmali, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of tycoons
Noun
  • James topping the list by a significant margin when the likes of Mickey Mantle and Michael Jordan have long been seen as the kings of the sports card world may raise some eyebrows, but his priciest card to date does include Jordan on it.
    — Larry Holder, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Anthony Hopkins has played villains and popes, presidents and dictators, titans of literature and comic book kings.
    — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of kings
Noun
  • The couples worked together through The Royal Foundation and delighted the public whenever the princes and their partners stepped out together.
    — Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026
  • At the beginning of the Arcadia, one of the princes, Musidorus, courts Pamela, one of the sister-princesses, by communicating to her that his shepherd apparel is just a disguise.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2026
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“Lions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lions. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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