panjandrums

variants also panjandra
plural of panjandrum

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for panjandrums
Noun
  • Connect with people on every level, from team members to bigwigs.
    Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The bigwigs at Paramount reluctantly accepted him at a very reduced salary.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But the grab bag of parts—cheese barons, Nazis—never comes together, and the old obsessions never acquire new force.
    Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Ransom Eli Olds was one of the most influential auto barons of his time, credited with being the first to design an assembly line for vehicle manfacturing.
    Kristen Jordan Shamus, Freep.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The actual man has no tie to the real diamond magnates of the Leviev family.
    Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
  • This year’s Davos summit seated several religious figures at the same tables hosting bond-market briefings alongside the usual presidents, central-bank chiefs, and software magnates.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Economists no longer can look at changes in this metric for clues on the overall economy because variations might be driven by the spending of a few hundred AI or hedge fund moguls.
    Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 21 Sep. 2025
  • In the clip, the moguls first applied the Rhode Lip Shaper and promptly followed up the application with the Kylie Cosmetics Lip Liner.
    Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Rebecca Hall plays Rosenkrantz and Ben Whishaw plays Hujar, who offers a detailed account of his previous day’s activity, involving such idiosyncratic eminences as Susan Sontag and Allen Ginsberg—and the sorts of gamesmanship and intimate tensions that ensnare and frustrate artistic energies.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The presidency said the convoy was also carrying dignitaries including Vatican diplomat Andrés Carrascosa, European Union Ambassador Jekaterina Dorodnova and Italian Ambassador Giovanni Davoli.
    Michael Rios, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Riefenstahl’s friendship with Hitler and other Nazi dignitaries was well documented during WWII.
    Addie Morfoot, Variety, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Natisha Hiedeman scored 19 points off the bench and reserve Maria Kliundikova added eight, including a trio of big shots in the fourth.
    Mike Cook, Twin Cities, 27 Sep. 2025
  • The Hundred offers a cosy domestic dose of garish colors, potato crisp team sponsors and big shots.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
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“Panjandrums.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/panjandrums. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.

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