kings

noun

Definition of kingsnext
plural of king
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 Our protagonists are still beautiful and noble, but no longer kings. — Literary Hub, 30 June 2026 Some of us enterprising young journalists at the time were running Ageia PhysX cards and felt like kings of the age. — Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 30 June 2026 The bell’s pyramidal face is decorated with depictions of deceased kings and queens, and its toll was believed to invoke ancestral spirits. — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 29 June 2026 Unfortunately, a group of eastern kings pillage Sodom and Gomorrah and take Lot captive along with others. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 July 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 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 Stock Chart IconStock chart icon Gold not glittering As for gold, while the yellow metal has traditionally been sought out by kings and paupers throughout history alike, the anaemic gold price has puzzled experts. — Lim Hui Jie,lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 3 July 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kings
  1. magnates
  2. tycoons
  3. princes
  4. barons
Noun
  • The verdict cleared a legal cloud hanging over OpenAI's restructuring right as both magnates were steering their companies toward the public market.
    — Alicia Park, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • Newspapers fell into the hands of magnates who advanced their own interests.
    — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
Definition of magnates
Noun
  • 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.
    — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 28 June 2026
  • 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.
    — Andrew Balaban, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
Definition of tycoons
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  • The two estranged princes – now fathers and husbands – have only seen one another a handful of times in the last four years.
    — Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 6 July 2026
  • With nanny Olga Powell and mom Diana, the young princes enjoyed an open-sleigh ride in Lech, Austria, on March 30, 1993.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026
Definition of princes
Noun
  • This was perhaps the greatest bifurcation of the labor force seen since the days of land barons.
    — 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
Definition of barons

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