czarina

variants also tsarina or tzarina

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of czarina But this all comes at the end of this addictively chronicled history, in six parts, of a deluded autocrat and his equally imperious czarina, German-born and the granddaughter of Queen Victoria. Dorothy Rabinowitz, WSJ, 27 June 2019 There is a new gambling czarina — Governor Charlie Baker appointed Cathy Judd-Stein to the post in January. Shirley Leung, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2019 Almost to the end, the czar and czarina—secure in their faith that they are adored—scoff at all indicators to the contrary as rumors or malicious lies. Dorothy Rabinowitz, WSJ, 27 June 2019 Tamim’s younger sister, Mayassa, is Qatar’s culture czarina — an art world behemoth who, at the age of 30, had an estimated annual budget of $1 billion. Written By Declan Walsh; Photographs By Tomas Munita, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2018 There, King Stanislaw II August Poniatowski was trying to rebuild the nation’s strength despite the menacing influence of Russian czarina Catherine the Great, his former lover and patron. Erick Trickey, Smithsonian, 8 Mar. 2017 Rumor and street culture—jokes, postcards, sayings, bawdy plays performed in saloons—changed the image of the czar and the czarina, desacralized them, before and during the war. Olga Ingurazova, Smithsonian, 29 Sep. 2017 And Thrive Global, the wellness-crusading company that new media czarina Arianna Huffington founded nearly a year ago, didn’t invent downtime. Clifton Leaf, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2017 The Russian Poles see the new czarina, Marina, a proud Pole, as a champion. Anthony Tommasini, New York Times, 31 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for czarina
Noun
  • Silicon Valley entrepreneur and White House AI and crypto czar David Sacks recently purchased a $10.3 million Northwest D.C. residence, while billionaire Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick picked up Fox News host Bret Baier's $25 million Foxhall mansion.
    Mimi Montgomery, Axios, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Robert Weiner was Florida Congressman Claude Pepper’s committee Chief of Staff and spokesman for White House drug czar Barry McCaffrey, among others.
    Robert Weiner and Katherine White, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • She was set to flee the country to escape the clutches of an ancient evil empress who happened to be her wicked stepmother.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
  • Thanks to another Russian empress, the museum has something else to offer: cats.
    Sarah Holzmann, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Travelers may see a variety of penguins including Adélie, emperor, chinstrap, king, rockhopper, gentoo and macaroni.
    Judy Koutsky, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
  • The artifacts likely date back to the period when the Roman emperor Claudius was invading Britain.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • In February of last year, Harry’s claim was dismissed, a decision which the prince appealed.
    Ellise Shafer, Variety, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Stuart’s prince is suave, worldly, world-weary, charismatic — every inch a prince, really.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The Danish Royal House released a new portrait of the princess taken by photographer Steen Evald in Frederik VIII’s Palace at Amalienborg, which is the Danish royal family's private residence, when the plans for her birthday bash were unveiled.
    Janine Henni, People.com, 3 Apr. 2025
  • In Minecraft’s pixelated Overworld, everything is shaped like a box, from the trees to the bees, and players invent their own adventures — there’s no princess imprisoned in a castle.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • While Jon is bound to leadership by a sense of duty, Daenerys sees herself as a liberator, a queen steeped in moral righteousness who freed slaves across the sea for the greater good.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 14 July 2017
  • THE TRENDSETTER Salt & Straw is the homecoming queen of ice cream in LA.
    Cole Kazdin, Los Angeles Magazine, 14 July 2017
Noun
  • Some secular nationalists even went as far as to claim that Ottoman sultans such as Mehmet the Conqueror had invented religious tolerance and helped inspire the European Renaissance.
    Nick Danforth, Foreign Affairs, 6 Jan. 2015
  • This mosque also holds the tombs of the commissioning sultan, his wife Haseki Hürrem, and Mimar Sinan himself. Kılıç Ali Paşa Mosque The Kılıç Ali Paşa Mosque is an example of how versatile Mimar Sinan was as an architect.
    Kaitlyn McInnis, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The woman sued Combs in the Southern District of New York under the name Jane Doe in October 2024, accusing the mogul of assaulting her at a party in 1995.
    Liam Quinn, People.com, 1 Apr. 2025
  • New opportunities may present themselves that allow you to mentor peers toward becoming successful moguls.
    ESSENCE Lifestyle, Essence, 31 Mar. 2025

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