variants
also tsar
or tzar
as in magnate
a person of rank, power, or influence in a particular field
a showbiz czar who is said to be able to make or break a career
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Recent Examples of czar
Arrests there continue despite border czar Tom Homan's pledge that agents were leaving Minnesota.
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Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 26 Feb. 2026
Border czar Tom Homan announced earlier this month that the effort was ending.
—Lauren Peller, ABC News, 25 Feb. 2026
Kennedy is focusing on the administration’s new protein-forward food pyramid as opposed to vaccine talk, and border czar Tom Homan is at least as visible as Noem in immigration enforcement these days.
—Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 25 Feb. 2026
Fraud czar Walz, a Democrat, appointed O’Malley in December as scrutiny mounted on his administration’s handling of widespread fraud in state government programs.
—Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 23 Feb. 2026
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Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 26 Feb. 2026
Border czar Tom Homan announced earlier this month that the effort was ending.
—Lauren Peller, ABC News, 25 Feb. 2026
Kennedy is focusing on the administration’s new protein-forward food pyramid as opposed to vaccine talk, and border czar Tom Homan is at least as visible as Noem in immigration enforcement these days.
—Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 25 Feb. 2026
Fraud czar Walz, a Democrat, appointed O’Malley in December as scrutiny mounted on his administration’s handling of widespread fraud in state government programs.
—Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 23 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for czar
Noun
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And in the milk biz, Guida and his brother Frank had gone from pickup truck peddling to the undisputed milk magnates of Central Connecticut.—
Jody Mamone,
Hartford Courant,
8 Mar. 2026
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Darius Anderson, a longtime lobbyist in the state Capitol who played a role in the 2013 effort to keep the Sacramento Kings from leaving the city, stands accused of fraud by his longtime business partner Ron Burkle, a grocery store magnate whose wealth is estimated to be in the billions.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
6 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Just as Charles died after falling overboard from a luxury yacht named after his daughter, the Lady Yasmin, Maxwell's father, media tycoon Robert Maxwell, died after falling off his own yacht, the Lady Ghislaine.—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
2 Mar. 2026
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An appellate court in Hong Kong reversed fraud convictions against former media tycoon Jimmy Lai.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
26 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Orion never got to realize his dream of eliminating Lepus because Orion himself was done in by Zeus, the king of the gods of Mount Olympus.—
Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
8 Mar. 2026
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All kings and tyrants fail in the end.—
Steve Lopez,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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“Czar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/czar. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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