How to Use supremo in a Sentence

supremo

noun
  • Could a new West Wing supremo control Trump any more than anyone else has?
    — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 30 May 2017
  • But to do so, the towering and now former, law enforcement supremo had to get to the airport.
    — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 11 May 2017
  • These days, Nottinghamshire’s law-and-order supremo is up for election every four years.
    — The Economist, 12 Mar. 2020
  • Between then and now, a blink of an eye, that same corporal became a generalissimo, a writer, and an editor supremo.
    — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2020
  • Lukather did justice to Santana (no easy feat) and keyboard supremo Rolie recreated his fierce part heard on the original recording.
    — Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE.com, 19 Aug. 2019
  • The lifestyle supremo took to Instagram to share a series of selfies while having her hair washed at the Frederic Fekkai salon.
    — Tish Weinstock, Vogue, 30 Jan. 2023
  • True crime supremo Dan Korn is leaving his Hearst Networks commissioning role after a decade.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Then there’s Wall Street supremo Jamie Dimon, who sees an economic hurricane barreling straight at us.
    — Larry Edelman, BostonGlobe.com, 6 June 2022
  • In my experience, when a spreadsheet supremo turns healthcare evangelist, there’s usually a compelling backstory.
    — Susan D'arcy, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 June 2026
  • Mourinho, meanwhile, is on punditry duty at the tournament and had some choice words to let out regarding Liverpool's offensive supremo.
    — SI.com, 19 June 2018
  • The 'upstairs' Alba is referring to could mean club supremo Florentino Perez, who would surely hate to see his side honour their most bitter rivals for the sake of tradition.
    — SI.com, 1 May 2018
  • 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
  • Airbus customers will be courted with a different kind of sales pitch now that hard-charging marketing supremo John Leahy has handed over the reins, his successor Eric Schulz said in an interview.
    — Benjamin Katz, The Seattle Times, 11 Feb. 2018
  • Marc Lorber, a former Lionsgate executive who is now a freelance co-production supremo, agrees that producers and the people weaving the financing packages together want a proliferation of choice.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Her exit is the second senior departure from the team this year, following true crime supremo Dan Korn, who has commissioned thousands of hours of factual shows for Sky History and Crime+Investigation over the past decade.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 3 Feb. 2026
  • The team has also in recent years enjoyed the fruits of Netflix adaptation supremo Harlan Coben’s labor with successful versions of The Woods, Hold Tight and Just One Look.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Discovered at just 12 years old and hand-picked by Mercedes-AMG F1 supremo Toto Wolff to replace Lewis Hamilton only five years later, Antonelli’s life hasn’t exactly been average.
    — Jerry Perez, The Drive, 4 June 2026
  • Former Fremantle and Storyville docs supremo Mandy Chang has joined the UK’s Documentary Film Council (DFC) as its first-ever CEO.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Several notable personalities and even politicians, including Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav and Trinamool Congress members Mahua Moitra and Kirti Azad, have endorsed the parody account and the associated movement.
    — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 May 2026

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