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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
American vacationers, Emirati princes, French fashion designers, British socialites and new-money Chinese.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
Earlier this year, Quinn pounced on the opportunity to cast Heated Rivalry’s Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams as star-crossed fae princes from feuding kingdoms who (spoiler) have been knocking boots in secret.
—Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 1 June 2026
The people’s princes Christopher Abbott and Mike Faist round out the central cast, along with newer-comers Joseph Zada and Joe Anders as the sons.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 14 May 2026
Wilson is an heiress to the Holiday Inn hotel fortune and her husband has long been linked to the princes.
—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
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
Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
Earlier this year, Quinn pounced on the opportunity to cast Heated Rivalry’s Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams as star-crossed fae princes from feuding kingdoms who (spoiler) have been knocking boots in secret.
—Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 1 June 2026
The people’s princes Christopher Abbott and Mike Faist round out the central cast, along with newer-comers Joseph Zada and Joe Anders as the sons.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 14 May 2026
Wilson is an heiress to the Holiday Inn hotel fortune and her husband has long been linked to the princes.
—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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for princes
Noun
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Newspapers fell into the hands of magnates who advanced their own interests.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
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The tech magnates intended the avalanche of attack ads as a warning to other candidates, but Bores has benefited from the spotlight.—
Julia Terruso,
Time,
4 June 2026
Noun
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That football tycoons occupied a chunk of the boldface names was not a coincidence.—
Lachlan Cartwright,
Vanity Fair,
5 May 2026
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From Hong Kong to Seoul, tycoons are offering cash and perks to boost birth rates, testing whether private wealth can succeed where governments have struggled.—
Diana Li,
Bloomberg,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Today's listen The Marx brothers were kings of comedy in the years between World War I and World War II.—
Suzanne Nuyen,
NPR,
16 June 2026
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But don’t let the fierce competition in the fresh grocery category distract you—this is just one battle in a broader war between China’s Big 3 e-commerce kings.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
15 June 2026
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“Princes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/princes. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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