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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 princes
The arrival of the Targaryen princes is a big deal for the town of Ashford and the knights and lords and ladies assembled there.
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Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Per Architectural Digest, another of the ship’s staircases could be converted into a water slide for the young princes and princess to use.
—Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 12 Jan. 2026
As an example from the story, Walpole recalled how the three princes realized that a mule was blind in its right eye after observing that only the grass on the left side of the road had been eaten.
—Juliana Kim, NPR, 7 Jan. 2026
In Ember & Ice, a three-part Quinn original, Williams and Storrie star as Dane and Finn, two fae princes from the rival Solari and Lunare kingdoms, according to a release.
—Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 29 Dec. 2025
Tiggy, 60, was hired as the princes’ nanny in 1993, after King Charles and Princess Diana separated, alongside working as a personal assistant to Charles, 77, until 1999.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 16 Dec. 2025
The Arabs’ princes and kings have reciprocated.
—Ray Takeyh, Foreign Affairs, 4 Dec. 2025
When his father became king in 2015, Prince Mohammed was portrayed as impulsive — launching a war in Yemen, dragging the country into tiffs with Canada and Germany, and famously cracking down on fellow princes and billionaires.
—Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 24 Nov. 2025
Nineteen thousand resident white loyalists also supplemented British troops, as did at least eight thousand Irishmen and more than thirty thousand soldiers loaned to the king by princes in the German states.
—Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Per Architectural Digest, another of the ship’s staircases could be converted into a water slide for the young princes and princess to use.
—Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 12 Jan. 2026
As an example from the story, Walpole recalled how the three princes realized that a mule was blind in its right eye after observing that only the grass on the left side of the road had been eaten.
—Juliana Kim, NPR, 7 Jan. 2026
In Ember & Ice, a three-part Quinn original, Williams and Storrie star as Dane and Finn, two fae princes from the rival Solari and Lunare kingdoms, according to a release.
—Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 29 Dec. 2025
Tiggy, 60, was hired as the princes’ nanny in 1993, after King Charles and Princess Diana separated, alongside working as a personal assistant to Charles, 77, until 1999.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 16 Dec. 2025
The Arabs’ princes and kings have reciprocated.
—Ray Takeyh, Foreign Affairs, 4 Dec. 2025
When his father became king in 2015, Prince Mohammed was portrayed as impulsive — launching a war in Yemen, dragging the country into tiffs with Canada and Germany, and famously cracking down on fellow princes and billionaires.
—Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 24 Nov. 2025
Nineteen thousand resident white loyalists also supplemented British troops, as did at least eight thousand Irishmen and more than thirty thousand soldiers loaned to the king by princes in the German states.
—Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for princes
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During the 2021 recall fight, Newsom also attracted high-profile billionaire support from Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings, and agribusiness magnates Stewart and Lynda Resnick.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
15 Jan. 2026
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In Season 2, Cross is in pursuit of a ruthless vigilante who is hunting down corrupt billionaire magnates.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
8 Jan. 2026
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Russia sold billions of dollars in weapons to the Venezuela army, from tanks and aircraft to air defense missiles, and Russian oil tycoons invested in Venezuelan oil fields.—
Daniel DePetris,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Jan. 2026
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Amidst all those tech tycoons, luxury’s biggest name sits at seventh in the billionaire rankings.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
31 Dec. 2025
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With war looming and chaos consuming the kingdom —drawing in the ruthless kings of other Scandinavian countries and even a powerful English ruler — the stage is set for a thundering, cataclysmic, compelling, and utterly magical new Norse saga.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
27 Jan. 2026
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Justice Sonia Sotomayor recently questioned whether Americans know the difference between presidents and kings.—
Jamie Holmes,
Twin Cities,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Princes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/princes. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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