panjandrums

variants also panjandra
plural of panjandrum

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Noun
  • Sharon and Expectation met with then BBC content boss Charlotte Moore and other bigwigs at the British public broadcaster, and Home to Roost was set up as a ten-part BBC series that would follow the return home.
    Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Connect with people on every level, from team members to bigwigs.
    Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Teeming with tennis courts, specimen trees and stone mansions raised from the dirt by 19th-century railroad barons, the suburb makes wealth feel like weather, an ozone layer shrouding everything — ambient, constant and vital.
    New York Times, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • But my collection intentionally ignored the fraudulent exploits of billionaire heirs, tax dodgers and corporate magnates — defense contracts, government lobbying, bank accounts in Switzerland, shell companies in Panama, citizenship of Antigua and political asylum in London.
    Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
  • In Season 2, Cross is in pursuit of a ruthless vigilante who is hunting down corrupt billionaire magnates.
    Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Still, moguls and miles of off-piste terrain are there to be conquered by those who dare.
    Chadner Navarro, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2025
  • By contrast, the new project—bankrolled by Big Tech firms and crypto moguls—is one of excess and self-advertisement.
    Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • It was started by Goodall, Desmond Tutu, and other eminences.
    Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Representatives from various branches of the Armed Forces and city dignitaries are slated to attend.
    Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Despite spending heavily to restore the mansion, Bloomberg chose to live in his Upper East Side townhouse, emphasizing the mansion’s role as a venue for municipal events, meetings with foreign dignitaries, and public tours rather than as a personal residence.
    Nandika Chatterjee, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Sure, there have been big shots from Grimes on Saturday night and Kelly Oubre in Wednesday night’s 117-116 opening win over the Boston Celtics.
    Tony Jones, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
  • 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
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“Panjandrums.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/panjandrums. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.

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