as in magnates
a person of rank, power, or influence in a particular field
the book festival brought together two lions of contemporary poetry for a joint reading
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Recent Examples of lions
Nadezhda Karastoyanova, a paleontologist at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in Sofia, told Fox News Digital that lions were present in eastern Bulgaria during the Late Eneolithic period.
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Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 12 Jan. 2026
The attraction once let families see free-roaming lions from the safety of their Chevy Impalas and Ford Fairlanes.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
To offset the cost of feeding the lions, the zoo is requesting unwanted livestock to feed them.
—Staff Author, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
In the wild, lions can live up to 16 years, but male lions often do not live past the age of 10.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Older male lions leave a deeper heel impression.
—AFAR Media, 30 Oct. 2025
But when a mother (Olivia Horton) throws her toddler into a moat surrounding an enclosure full of prowling lions at the zoo, puzzle pieces come together like a satanic symbol.
—Michael Lee Simpson, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2025
The lions liked to avoid tourists, so the elk cozied up to them.
—Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Uber’s safari service allows app users in Nairobi to book a wheelbase Land Cruiser that seats up to seven passengers for a three-hour game drive in Nairobi National Park, wilderness just three miles from the capital city that is home to animals including lions, giraffes, and cheetahs.
—Martin K.n Siele, semafor.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lions
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In Season 2, Cross is in pursuit of a ruthless vigilante who is hunting down corrupt billionaire magnates.—
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In the Bay Area, tech magnates and creative entrepreneurs are investing in homes that double as sanctuaries for art and design.—
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Amidst all those tech tycoons, luxury’s biggest name sits at seventh in the billionaire rankings.—
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But managing type-A influencers and business tycoons is only part of the job.—
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Though he’s used to being invited to VIP gatherings — from fashion shows to meetings with presidents and kings — this seemed outside his wheelhouse.—
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He's known for reshaping the Scottish government, expanding royal authority and being one of the few Scottish kings to be canonized by the Catholic Church.—
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Per Architectural Digest, another of the ship’s staircases could be converted into a water slide for the young princes and princess to use.—
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As an example from the story, Walpole recalled how the three princes realized that a mule was blind in its right eye after observing that only the grass on the left side of the road had been eaten.—
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“Lions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lions. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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