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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
But this might have been McDavid’s best offensive performance of the playoffs since the opener against the Los Angeles Kings.
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Daniel Nugent-Bowman, New York Times, 26 May 2025
Sinner nabbed the biggest check of 2024 for an unofficial event at the Six Kings Slam exhibition tournament in Saudi Arabia.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 26 May 2025
The Converse Basin Grove is a prominent giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) habitat located in the Sierra Nevada of Fresno County, California, approximately five miles north of General Grant Grove, just outside Kings Canyon National Park.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
Haliburton was selected with the No. 12 pick in the 2020 NBA Draft by the Sacramento Kings and was stunningly traded to Indiana for All-Star center Domantas Sabonis midway through the 2021-22 season.
—Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
The other obvious comparison is the 1988 trade that sent Gretzky from Edmonton to the Kings.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 23 May 2025
While the Michigan shares its homeport with the Ohio, the Florida and the Georgia are based out of Kings Bay in Georgia.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
Elle joined her ex-husband Will Loomis’ band, Loomis & the Lust, as a bassist in 2012, per Kings River Life Magazine.
—Nicole Briese, People.com, 14 May 2025
Acts with six chart-toppers each include The Police, Arctic Monkeys, Genesis, Kings of Leon, Radiohead, The Script, Foo Fighters, and The Chemical Brothers.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
Daniel Nugent-Bowman, New York Times, 26 May 2025
Sinner nabbed the biggest check of 2024 for an unofficial event at the Six Kings Slam exhibition tournament in Saudi Arabia.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 26 May 2025
The Converse Basin Grove is a prominent giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) habitat located in the Sierra Nevada of Fresno County, California, approximately five miles north of General Grant Grove, just outside Kings Canyon National Park.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
Haliburton was selected with the No. 12 pick in the 2020 NBA Draft by the Sacramento Kings and was stunningly traded to Indiana for All-Star center Domantas Sabonis midway through the 2021-22 season.
—Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
The other obvious comparison is the 1988 trade that sent Gretzky from Edmonton to the Kings.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 23 May 2025
While the Michigan shares its homeport with the Ohio, the Florida and the Georgia are based out of Kings Bay in Georgia.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
Elle joined her ex-husband Will Loomis’ band, Loomis & the Lust, as a bassist in 2012, per Kings River Life Magazine.
—Nicole Briese, People.com, 14 May 2025
Acts with six chart-toppers each include The Police, Arctic Monkeys, Genesis, Kings of Leon, Radiohead, The Script, Foo Fighters, and The Chemical Brothers.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kings
princes
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The cohort will be honored at a virtual ceremony on Thursday, with the princes issuing separate congratulatory messages.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
4 Dec. 2024
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If this is how princes of the church behave, perhaps the rest of us aren’t so bad after all.—
Graham Hillard,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
29 Nov. 2024
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“Kings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kings. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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