as in magnates
a person of rank, power, or influence in a particular field
the undisputed king of automobile sales for the entire metropolitan area
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Recent Examples of kings
The bell’s pyramidal face is decorated with depictions of deceased kings and queens, and its toll was believed to invoke ancestral spirits.
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Tessa Solomon,
ARTnews.com,
29 June 2026
Little is yet known about the jewelry and its significance, but Gordon believes that the jewelry was once worn by the kings and queens of an ancient Khmer Empire that spanned Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Thailand, and existed for hundreds of years.
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Will Croxton,
CBS News,
28 June 2026
The club retired the cradle of Louis XIV from its badge—a symbol of Saint-Germain as a suburban town 20 kilometers outside Paris, where the kings once lived.
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Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
28 June 2026
The Glorious Revolution against the divine right of kings thus recurred as the American Revolution against colonial oppression.
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James Traub,
The Atlantic,
28 June 2026
Quite a few wine bottle sizes are named after Biblical kings and historical figures.
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Jessica Farthing,
Southern Living,
27 June 2026
The new kings did not insist that scribes ought to write official documents in their own Germanic tongue, but eagerly adopted the more prestigious Latin language.
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Literary Hub,
25 June 2026
British kings and queens are legally exempt from filling out reporting forms, but some have voluntarily paid taxes since the 19th century.
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Erin Vanderhoof,
Vanity Fair,
24 June 2026
For virtually all of human history, people were subjects of kings or rulers who claimed divine and unquestioned power.
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Carmine Gallo,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
Tessa Solomon,
ARTnews.com,
29 June 2026
Little is yet known about the jewelry and its significance, but Gordon believes that the jewelry was once worn by the kings and queens of an ancient Khmer Empire that spanned Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Thailand, and existed for hundreds of years.
—
Will Croxton,
CBS News,
28 June 2026
The club retired the cradle of Louis XIV from its badge—a symbol of Saint-Germain as a suburban town 20 kilometers outside Paris, where the kings once lived.
—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
28 June 2026
The Glorious Revolution against the divine right of kings thus recurred as the American Revolution against colonial oppression.
—
James Traub,
The Atlantic,
28 June 2026
Quite a few wine bottle sizes are named after Biblical kings and historical figures.
—
Jessica Farthing,
Southern Living,
27 June 2026
The new kings did not insist that scribes ought to write official documents in their own Germanic tongue, but eagerly adopted the more prestigious Latin language.
—
Literary Hub,
25 June 2026
British kings and queens are legally exempt from filling out reporting forms, but some have voluntarily paid taxes since the 19th century.
—
Erin Vanderhoof,
Vanity Fair,
24 June 2026
For virtually all of human history, people were subjects of kings or rulers who claimed divine and unquestioned power.
—
Carmine Gallo,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kings
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The verdict cleared a legal cloud hanging over OpenAI's restructuring right as both magnates were steering their companies toward the public market.
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Newspapers fell into the hands of magnates who advanced their own interests.
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Set in the eponymous Texas metropolis, Dallas followed the Ewings, a powerful family of oil tycoons and ranch owners whose feuds and foibles made for wildly entertaining primetime viewing.
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Three of Paxton’s billionaire backers were Texas-native tycoons with a history of funding right-wing candidates in the state, one of whom died after his donation.
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American vacationers, Emirati princes, French fashion designers, British socialites and new-money Chinese.
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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.
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This was perhaps the greatest bifurcation of the labor force seen since the days of land barons.
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Lipstye and others worried that Shelter Island was becoming a place dominated by wealthy barons who weren’t necessarily invested in the community — a place, in short, like the South Fork.
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“Kings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kings. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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