as in tycoon
a person of rank, power, or influence in a particular field
a neighborhood in which the city's merchant princes built palaces that shamelessly celebrated their wealth
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Recent Examples of prince
To me Conrad is wholly fantasy, the dream man for the millions of Gen Z and millennial (and even older) women who have spent their entire lives dating fuckboys in hopes of a prince.
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Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 18 Sep. 2025
Once a loyal court magician supporting the crown prince from behind the scenes, Alec Ygret is cast aside and exiled for only knowing support magic.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025
While the 1930s Santa Cruz surfers may have been shown as primarily white men, the sport dates back to 12th-century Polynesia and was first demonstrated in Santa Cruz by three Hawaiian princes in 1885.
—Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2025
For over 200 years, Oktoberfest has been held in Munich on the Theresienwiese, the large field where the prince and princess said their vows.
—Rebecca Deurlein, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 18 Sep. 2025
Once a loyal court magician supporting the crown prince from behind the scenes, Alec Ygret is cast aside and exiled for only knowing support magic.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025
While the 1930s Santa Cruz surfers may have been shown as primarily white men, the sport dates back to 12th-century Polynesia and was first demonstrated in Santa Cruz by three Hawaiian princes in 1885.
—Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2025
For over 200 years, Oktoberfest has been held in Munich on the Theresienwiese, the large field where the prince and princess said their vows.
—Rebecca Deurlein, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prince
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At the time, optimism over Labubu’s growing popularity once made Wang richer than China’s iconic tycoons including Alibaba cofounder Jack Ma.—
Yue Wang,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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In court documents obtained by PEOPLE, the Israeli Russian diamond tycoon filed suit against him for allegedly impersonating them and unjustly enriching himself using their last name.—
Kelsie Gibson,
People.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Known as the Uplands Mansion, the palatial home was built in 1917 for the grandson for railroad magnate Charles Crocker.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
29 Sep. 2025
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Putin was portrayed as an unsightly troll, who, by an act of magic—a spell cast by the puppet version of Boris Berezovsky, the magnate who helped engineer his rise to the Presidency—comes to appear beautiful and virtuous, the subject of great adulation and deference.—
Joshua Yaffa,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
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The king will reportedly insist on a lower profile.—
Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa,
FOXNews.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement In a sign of remarkable growth, Heon no longer vies for power, but rather vows to kill his uncle to ensure that his half-brother, Jin-myeong, can perhaps grow to be the sage king Heon never truly was.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
29 Sep. 2025
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The 33rd Folsom Renaissance Faire and Joust is keeping the 17th and 18th century Europe celebrations going in Folsom in a two-day event that features lords, knights, jousting competitions and full-armored combat.—
Marcus Smith,
Sacbee.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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The forces of the lords put down the revolt by slaying somewhere between seventy thousand and a hundred thousand peasants.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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William, 43, has been supportive of his father following Buckingham Palace’s announcement in Febuary 2024 that the monarch was diagnosed with an undisclosed form of cancer.—
Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa,
FOXNews.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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Princess Elisabeth is set to make history as Belgium’s first queen regnant, the country’s first reigning female monarch.—
Stephanie Petit,
PEOPLE,
30 Sep. 2025
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Their father, beer baron Sir Benjamin Guinness — the grandson of the founder of the Guinness Brewery, Arthur Guinness — has died, and their futures will now be determined by their father's will.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
28 Sep. 2025
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Ever wanted to be a baron or a baroness?—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Beyond the mental clarity and razor sharp focus, taking mushrooms like lion’s mane also comes without many of the potential side effects that are typically associated with stimulants like jitters, energy spikes, and mid-day crashes.—
Brianna Peters,
Vogue,
1 Oct. 2025
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That Harbaugh has garnered the lion’s share of criticism for the Ravens’ 1-3 start isn’t at all surprising.—
Jeff Zrebiec,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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But that shifted Monday when White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt defended the border czar.—
Rebecca Beitsch,
The Hill,
23 Sep. 2025
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Ashish Jha, the dean of Brown University’s School of Public Health and the Biden administration’s COVID czar, agreed.—
Yasmin Tayag,
The Atlantic,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Prince.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prince. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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