as in magnates
a person of rank, power, or influence in a particular field
a media baron who owns newspapers, television and radio stations, and even several cable networks
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Recent Examples of barons
This was perhaps the greatest bifurcation of the labor force seen since the days of land barons.
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Joe McKendrick,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2026
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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Reeves Wiedeman,
Curbed,
22 June 2026
As recounted by Peter Biskind in Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, Cimino ran long and went over budget on his epic drama about the Johnson County War, which saw cattle barons attacking immigrant laborers in late 19th-century Wyoming.
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Britt Hayes,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 June 2026
Workers endured dangerous conditions, poverty wages and widening inequality while industrial barons amassed extraordinary power.
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Tom Debley,
Mercury News,
16 June 2026
Sensing this once-great dynasty is in decline, the outback’s most powerful factions — rival cattle barons, desert gangsters, Indigenous elders, and billionaire miners — move in for the kill, with billions of dollars at stake.
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Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
4 June 2026
Newspapers held enormous power during the era, especially over the wealthy elite and the auto barons.
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Erik Pedersen,
Oc Register,
30 May 2026
There’s also a tribute to the Magna Carta, when barons forced King John to sign a document asserting no one—not even the monarch—was above the law, taking England’s first step toward democracy.
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Caroline Hallemann,
Travel + Leisure,
27 May 2026
Even the pasta barons of Barilla, the world’s largest pasta company, couldn’t crack the code for these noodles.
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New York Times,
19 May 2026
Joe McKendrick,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2026
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.
—
Reeves Wiedeman,
Curbed,
22 June 2026
As recounted by Peter Biskind in Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, Cimino ran long and went over budget on his epic drama about the Johnson County War, which saw cattle barons attacking immigrant laborers in late 19th-century Wyoming.
—
Britt Hayes,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 June 2026
Workers endured dangerous conditions, poverty wages and widening inequality while industrial barons amassed extraordinary power.
—
Tom Debley,
Mercury News,
16 June 2026
Sensing this once-great dynasty is in decline, the outback’s most powerful factions — rival cattle barons, desert gangsters, Indigenous elders, and billionaire miners — move in for the kill, with billions of dollars at stake.
—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
4 June 2026
Newspapers held enormous power during the era, especially over the wealthy elite and the auto barons.
—
Erik Pedersen,
Oc Register,
30 May 2026
There’s also a tribute to the Magna Carta, when barons forced King John to sign a document asserting no one—not even the monarch—was above the law, taking England’s first step toward democracy.
—
Caroline Hallemann,
Travel + Leisure,
27 May 2026
Even the pasta barons of Barilla, the world’s largest pasta company, couldn’t crack the code for these noodles.
—
New York Times,
19 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for barons
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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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“Barons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barons. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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