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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
Wilson is an heiress to the Holiday Inn hotel fortune and her husband has long been linked to the princes.
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Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 4 May 2026
Peyton, 27, showed small, delicate drawings of princes, aristocrats, historical figures, writers.
—Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2026
Defender’s role in that family is the rugged, rebellious brother who misbehaves out in the wild while Discovery gets the princes and princesses off to boarding school.
—John Scott Lewinski, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2026
Endowed not only with a privileged birthright but—unlike the actual princes over in England, who had weak chins and went bald young—the physical stature to match?
—Jeffrey Eugenides, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2026
Ammonia damaged the paper preserving ancient chronicles (letopisi) of tales that served the needs of princes and priests at the expense of those beneath them or at their throats.
—Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
Peter Phillips—a cousin of Prince William and Prince Harry—is due to marry his fiancée Harriet Sperling this summer in what is set to be the society wedding of the year and could even create an opportunity for the warring princes to see each other again.
—Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
Christian thinkers have always insisted that princes and generals approach war with a sense of grave responsibility.
—Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 30 Mar. 2026
As Austrian princes, the rulers of Tuscany were always susceptible to pressure from Klemens von Metternich on any major issue.
—Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 Mar. 2026
Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 4 May 2026
Peyton, 27, showed small, delicate drawings of princes, aristocrats, historical figures, writers.
—Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2026
Defender’s role in that family is the rugged, rebellious brother who misbehaves out in the wild while Discovery gets the princes and princesses off to boarding school.
—John Scott Lewinski, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2026
Endowed not only with a privileged birthright but—unlike the actual princes over in England, who had weak chins and went bald young—the physical stature to match?
—Jeffrey Eugenides, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2026
Ammonia damaged the paper preserving ancient chronicles (letopisi) of tales that served the needs of princes and priests at the expense of those beneath them or at their throats.
—Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
Peter Phillips—a cousin of Prince William and Prince Harry—is due to marry his fiancée Harriet Sperling this summer in what is set to be the society wedding of the year and could even create an opportunity for the warring princes to see each other again.
—Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
Christian thinkers have always insisted that princes and generals approach war with a sense of grave responsibility.
—Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 30 Mar. 2026
As Austrian princes, the rulers of Tuscany were always susceptible to pressure from Klemens von Metternich on any major issue.
—Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for princes
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Greek shipping tycoons, Morley said, may be intrigued by the glory of owning Onassis’s yacht; Middle Eastern oil magnates could have the means to buy a pricey piece of history.—
Michael Ballaban,
CNN Money,
9 May 2026
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In the early 20th century, this man-versus-nature oasis was strong-armed into being when mobsters and casino magnates swept into the Nevada desert.—
Zoey Goto,
Architectural Digest,
6 May 2026
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Greek shipping tycoons, Morley said, may be intrigued by the glory of owning Onassis’s yacht; Middle Eastern oil magnates could have the means to buy a pricey piece of history.—
Michael Ballaban,
CNN Money,
9 May 2026
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For the manifesto’s authors, a just fashion system enriches the lives of workers, their families and their communities, not the coffers of billionaire fashion tycoons.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Footwear News,
1 May 2026
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In his prime, Turner was one of the kings of broadcasting, a brash but savvy visionary.—
Daniel Arkin,
NBC news,
6 May 2026
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Bed types include kings, queens, two twins, and a lone double bed.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 May 2026
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“Princes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/princes. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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