PANJANDRUM Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

panjandrum

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Recent Examples of panjandrum The backstory Originally built in 1854 as a private residence for Napoleon III’s half-brother, the Duc de Morny, the house was eventually acquired by fashion panjandrum Pierre Cardin, an enthusiastic collector of historically significant Parisian real estate. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Jan. 2026 The president’s bellowing recitation of his accomplishments served as a vivid reminder of the bullet so recently deflected by Nancy Pelosi and her ruthless fellow Democratic Party panjandrums by hustling the would-be nominee into political oblivion. — Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 5 Sep. 2024 Bamford, while cutting in and out of the lives of Hollywood’s panjandrums, takes us to Pyongyang, where Kim’s minions are stealing money and cryptocurrency while wreaking havoc on computer systems around the world. — Tim Weiner, The New Republic, 27 Mar. 2023 The posh, wild-bearded panjandrum of the anti-aging movement, de Grey was born in London in 1963. — Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021 Calvin Klein, the panjandrum of pants, sold his beach house there for $84.4m. — The Economist, 13 Mar. 2021

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But all the nattering nabobs of negativism who’d normally have been concentrating on Maura’s catastrophic first term had to devote at least a little attention to recounting one of the Wu Klux Klan’s more embarrassing moments of 2025.

— Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 21 Jan. 2026
Back then, white scholars saw history through the eyes of society’s nabobs, kings and presidents.

— Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 2 Feb. 2025

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That same shot also features Digger’s ailing pet cat, who is wearing a collar with a pendant that matches the oil baron’s bolo tie…as well as a cloudy blue eye that appears to be a strikingly similar hue.

— Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026
By the 1910s, the Standard Oil baron had become the country’s first billionaire.

— Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026

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Several members of the cast and writer’s room, including Dippold and co-star Jeff Hiller, got their start with the Upright Citizens Brigade, an improvisational sketch-comedy group founded by comedy bigwigs like Amy Poehler and Adam McKay.

— Josef Adalian, Vulture, 29 June 2026
Naturally, Bravo’s bigwigs and Cohen were pretty peeved to see gossip sites scooping them on their own reunion.

— Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 10 June 2026

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Atlanta media mogul Tyler Perry is helping cover the funeral costs for Nolan Wells, the 18-year-old found dead after going missing during a boat trip with friends on the Fourth of July.

— Dan Raby, CBS News, 13 July 2026
The media mogul is the latest celebrity to come forward supporting the family’s demand for answers after Wells did not return from a July 4 outing to Horn Island off the Gulf Coast.

— Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 13 July 2026

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Three extraordinary new books, published this year, shed light on the brilliance and complexity of Morrison’s life and work, and place her as an American eminence, a visionary who saw fiction as a means through which to recast her country’s story.

— Leigh Haber, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
For much of the past week, all that Colombia had been able to agree upon was the pre-eminence of Luis Diaz, who remained a whirling dervish throughout the match as his side’s outstanding player.

— Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 24 June 2026

Definition of eminence

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Environmental groups have argued the Antiquities Act is a one-way road that allows presidents to create but not undo monuments.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 July 2026
The 3,000-year-old monument contains colorful wall paintings as well as inscriptions identifying the former occupant as a man named Paser.

— Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 13 July 2026

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