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as in tycoon
a person of rank, power, or influence in a particular field
as lords of the local real estate scene, they own nearly all of the city's prime pieces of property
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as in God
capitalized
the being worshipped as the creator and ruler of the universe
at this point all that we can do is put our fate in the hands of the Lord
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as in nobleman
a man of high birth or social position
lords and ladies arriving at the palace
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Recent Examples of lord
Pressure from drug lords who bankrolled the country’s top teams and top players, and also liked to bet.
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Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 June 2026
Best Things to Do Your first stop should be Kenrokuen, a 25-acre green space once reserved for the local feudal lords.
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Jessica Kozuka,
Travel + Leisure,
14 May 2026
My heroine marries an elderly lord with three dead wives in exchange for her little sister’s dowry.
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Eloisa James,
PEOPLE,
12 May 2026
Ritsurin was built 400 years ago as a daimyo garden for feudal lords to stroll in.
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Lale Arikoglu,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for lord
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 June 2026
Best Things to Do Your first stop should be Kenrokuen, a 25-acre green space once reserved for the local feudal lords.
—
Jessica Kozuka,
Travel + Leisure,
14 May 2026
My heroine marries an elderly lord with three dead wives in exchange for her little sister’s dowry.
—
Eloisa James,
PEOPLE,
12 May 2026
Ritsurin was built 400 years ago as a daimyo garden for feudal lords to stroll in.
—
Lale Arikoglu,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for lord
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lord
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The intensely private Korean shipping tycoon rocked the tanker industry early this year as his Sinokor Group embarked on an unprecedented buying spree.
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The 58-year-old construction tycoon renounced his Ukrainian citizenship in 2017, Ukrainian media reported, and has been a citizen of Cyprus since 2019.
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Even Ethan Almighty has been affected by the generosity of Supplies Over Seas.
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By the time Laras is making like Linda Blair, malicious jinn power resisting that of Almighty Allah, the film has already gone down a familiar path of grotesque makeup, stunts and digital FX.
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In it, Noémie Merlant plays Marianne, an artist hired to paint the portrait of a young woman (Adèle Haenel) being married off to an Italian nobleman.
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There’s the lively battle scene depicting the nobleman Charles Stanhope defending Jamaica (which had been made a British territory in 1655 and remained one until 1962) from France, the United States’ ally in the Revolutionary War.
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The ruins of Dungeness, a 59-room, 37,000-square-foot estate house dating to the mid-1880s, once owned by Thomas Carnegie, brother and business partner of Pittsburgh steel magnate Andrew Carnegie.
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The 78-year-old Lai, a former clothing magnate and publisher of a Hong Kong tabloid critical of Beijing, received a 20-year sentence in February.
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For most of the 20th century, a gentleman’s agreement held that no building in Philadelphia rose higher than the brim of William Penn’s hat — the 37-foot bronze likeness of the city’s founder that stands atop City Hall.
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Waving and smiling, Aveiro, accompanied by a burly gentleman, takes a seat at a table bedecked with a bouquet of roses, ready to tuck into some cuisine from her native country.
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The future king of Britain descends from American patriots who fought against the crown he is destined to inherit, according to a new book tracing Prince William's family tree.
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The Goodnight Suite is the crème de la crème of the property spanning almost 2,000 square feet and featuring a living room, dining room, and a bedroom with a king size bed.
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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.
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During his stay from July 7 to 11, the prince will carry out a series of charity engagements, and kick off the one-year countdown to the 2027 Invictus Games.
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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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Cruise sports a thick Southern accent, a beer belly and thinning white hair (fashioned in an unconvincing combover) to play the oil baron whose company may have set off an ecological disaster that could also spark a nuclear war.
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“Lord.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lord. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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