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Recent Examples of supremo
This shouldn't be a revelation considering Shah, as then Indian cricket supremo, attempted to hog the attention in the aftermath of India's T20 World Cup triumph.
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Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Frasers Group is the owner of a host of retail brands from Sports Direct and Evans Cycles to the House of Fraser department store chain, luxury fashion chain Flannels and multiple brands across apparel and sports, which colorful Frasers’ supremo Mike Ashley has been buying, often in distress sales.
—Mark Faithfull, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
Elsewhere, Jake’s piece looks into Gogglebox supremo Stephen Lambert’s position in the company, and addresses question marks over whether RedBird IMI’s Abu Dhabi backers could be an issue for production chiefs.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 28 June 2024
Instead, Xi, an aloof supremo with the license to rule for life, has embarked upon rounds of radical purges and crackdowns that have affected the ranks of China’s political elites and its private sector.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2023
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Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Frasers Group is the owner of a host of retail brands from Sports Direct and Evans Cycles to the House of Fraser department store chain, luxury fashion chain Flannels and multiple brands across apparel and sports, which colorful Frasers’ supremo Mike Ashley has been buying, often in distress sales.
—Mark Faithfull, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
Elsewhere, Jake’s piece looks into Gogglebox supremo Stephen Lambert’s position in the company, and addresses question marks over whether RedBird IMI’s Abu Dhabi backers could be an issue for production chiefs.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 28 June 2024
Instead, Xi, an aloof supremo with the license to rule for life, has embarked upon rounds of radical purges and crackdowns that have affected the ranks of China’s political elites and its private sector.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for supremo
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Among them are Zee Aero, established by Google co-founder Larry Page, and Uber Elevate, brainchild of Uber honcho Travis Kalanick.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
9 June 2017
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To solve the murder of Treasury Department honcho Raymond King (J.K. Simmons, getting out while the getting is good) our fabled, antisocial hero forges an uneasy allegiance of convenience with the dead man’s protégé, Marybeth (Cynthia Addai-Robinson).—
A.A. Dowd,
Rolling Stone,
25 Apr. 2025
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Kevin's wife Bella (Lara Pulver) is meeting her estranged dad, an apparent government bigwig with powerful friends.—
Matt Cabral,
EW.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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Programmatic ads from a number of prominent companies, including tech stalwarts like Asana and Oracle, ecommerce bigwig Net-A-Porter, makeup giant Sephora, and resort chain Kalahari Resorts, appeared while WIRED was monitoring these websites.—
Kate Knibbs,
WIRED,
15 Jan. 2025
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Shuna later passed through the hands of film and shipping magnates before becoming the romantic escape of the Viscountess Selby and WWII Pathfinder Donald Wells.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
20 June 2025
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The net worth of footwear magnate Zhang Congyuan, who was Taiwan’s richest person three years ago, shrank by $1.8 billion to $8.3 billion, registering the biggest decline in dollar terms.—
Jane Ho,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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Elsewhere, there’s Phoenix, San Diego and Jacksonville, not to mention the biggies — New York, LA, Chicago and Philly.—
Matt Leclercq,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 May 2025
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The companies targeted were biggies like Alphabet, Apple, Coca-Cola, Starbucks and Boeing, which dismantled its DEI department last year.—
Emily Peck,
Axios,
8 Jan. 2025
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Everyone here is a personage, but only these two are phenomena.—
Jeff Weiss,
HollywoodReporter,
12 June 2025
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At midcentury, Marianne Moore emerged as a public personage, but not before a painful period of loss.—
Susan Gubar
June 9,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2025
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The notables include: Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition (2025) brings the beloved action-RPG to the Switch with the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC.—
Gabriel Zamora,
PC Magazine,
24 Apr. 2025
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Other notables who have been diagnosed with ALS include Stephen Hawking, Lou Gehrig, Roberta Flack, Dennis Day, Steve Gleason and Aaron Lazar.—
Carly Thomas,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2025
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Higher trims offer upgrades like a cabin intercom system and second-row VIP Lounge seats (though they can’t be removed for additional cargo room).—
Jim Gorzelany,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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Tickets are $20 for general admission and $40 for VIP.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 June 2025
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Those big guns get thrown together on a top line when the Oilers need a spark, but have generally been split across the top-six over the last two rounds.—
The Athletic NHL Staff,
New York Times,
31 May 2025
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There are big guns, big swords and, by the sound of it, a whole lot of crazy.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
27 May 2025
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“Supremo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supremo. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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