panjandrums

variants also panjandra
plural of panjandrum

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Noun
  • As the fashion types begin to migrate to New York for the start of fashion week, the C-suite bigwigs were leaning in on Wall Street, courting investors at Goldman Sachs’ annual retail conference.
    Evan Clark, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
  • His rattan chairs have seated famed Indian celebrities like members of India’s billionaire Ambani family and Bollywood stars, as well as American bigwigs like Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who visited the restaurant last year.
    Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 30 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Feeding their massive media empires, media barons like William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer competed for readership by printing sensationalist stories, gossip, and exaggerated claims.
    Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Out of a desire for independence, Dwek left Newmark and secured a job working for property magnates Simon and David Reuben.
    Alison Coleman, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Similar compound-building sprees are playing out in Aspen, the Hamptons, and Los Angeles, where Saghian and other moguls have pieced together trophy properties into massive private domains.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 4 Sep. 2025
  • But for those in the know, the go-between was a normal presence, about as common as rumors of moguls and stars paying large amounts of money to keep a psychic or astrologer on hand.
    Lizz Schumer, People.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • As foreign dignitaries descend in Beijing this week, the conflicting narratives on both sides of the Taiwan Strait are a reminder that eight decades after Japan's surrender, the guns may be silent, but the battle over the legacy of the war is far from over.
    Jan Camenzind Broomby, NPR, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Both top a guest list of foreign dignitaries joining Xi at a massive military parade in the Chinese capital Wednesday.
    Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • 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 11 Sep. 2025.

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