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Recent Examples of supremo
Instead, Xi, an aloof supremo with the license to rule for life, has embarked upon rounds of radical purges and crackdowns that have affected the ranks of China’s political elites and its private sector.
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Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2023
Who will become Africa’s new soccer supremo?
—Samindra Kunti, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2021
The lifestyle supremo took to Instagram to share a series of selfies while having her hair washed at the Frederic Fekkai salon.
—Tish Weinstock, Vogue, 30 Jan. 2023
Brad Pitt, John Krasinski and Jerry Bruckheimer have teamed up for a Formula One movie, which has been snapped up by Apple Studios, while a series about ex-Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone is also in the works.
—K.j. Yossman, Variety, 14 July 2022
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Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2023
Who will become Africa’s new soccer supremo?
—Samindra Kunti, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2021
The lifestyle supremo took to Instagram to share a series of selfies while having her hair washed at the Frederic Fekkai salon.
—Tish Weinstock, Vogue, 30 Jan. 2023
Brad Pitt, John Krasinski and Jerry Bruckheimer have teamed up for a Formula One movie, which has been snapped up by Apple Studios, while a series about ex-Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone is also in the works.
—K.j. Yossman, Variety, 14 July 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for supremo
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The Taylor Gang honcho is on the road in support of his Kush + Orange Juice 2 sequel album, which arrived on Friday (April 18).—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
18 Apr. 2025
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Hedge fund honcho Bill Ackman joined a growing list of President Donald Trump's billionaire backers calling for the White House to slam the brakes on tariffs just hours before Trump authorized a 90-day pause on reciprocal tariffs for most countries that went into effect Wednesday morning.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2025
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Join 13 others in the comments View Comments Apart from more details on the reserve, industry bigwigs (who’ve long complained that the Biden administration was strangling crypto) are looking forward to some basic regulatory guidance.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN,
7 Mar. 2025
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With that in mind, backing new filmmakers with wild projects and bucking the kind of risk aversion that seems to govern modern Hollywood comes down to intuition — and maybe pissing off a few industry bigwigs along the way.—
Chris Lee,
Vulture,
3 Feb. 2025
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Around the same time, Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff, a real estate magnate who has been heavily involved in the negotiations with Russia, mused about the possibilities for U.S.-Russian collaboration in an interview with the commentator Tucker Carlson.—
Stacie E. Goddard,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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Zuckerberg, who was recently revealed as the buyer of a $23 million mansion with a 10-minute commute to the White House, is but the latest of the Silicon Valley magnates flocking to the area’s high-end homes, making ripples in the luxury real estate market as well as in politics.—
Katie Schultz,
Architectural Digest,
17 Apr. 2025
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Hoffman is at least one, but there's no word as yet whether any other OG biggies, like Sarah Rafferty, Gina Torres, or Meghan Markle are also in talks to reprise their roles.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
6 Mar. 2025
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That includes your standard commercial stuff — Another Simple Favor, The Accountant 2, and A24’s Death of a Unicorn are among this year’s biggies — as well as new films from Jay Duplass, Amy Landecker, Chad Hartigan, Under the Shadow’s Babak Anvari, and The Vast of Night breakout Andrew Patterson.—
Matthew Jacobs,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2025
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In order to become a celebrity, a person necessarily becomes a personage.—
Max Ufberg,
hazlitt.net,
4 Jan. 2025
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Somehow, surely, given the importance of the personages, word got out about the Laffer curve meeting, and the markets, in their remarkable pan-human powers of apperception, digested that changes in the tax-rate cut direction were bound to happen.—
Brian Domitrovic,
Forbes,
6 Dec. 2024
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Other notables who have been diagnosed with ALS include Stephen Hawking, Lou Gehrig, Roberta Flack, Dennis Day, Steve Gleason and Aaron Lazar.—
Carly Thomas,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2025
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Such notables as Martin Scorsese, Ethan Hawke, Frances McDormand, Griffin Dunne and others signed on to be advisors to the organization.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
7 Apr. 2025
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The only tickets for sale are for a non-musical component of Unplugged, the 21-and-up VIP Beer & Food Combo, a collaboration between Mission Brewing and Ponce’s Mexican Restaurant.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Apr. 2025
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Universal has also announced other products guests can add onto their admission, including express passes, VIP Tours, photos and costume experiences.—
Samantha Neely,
USA Today,
24 Apr. 2025
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Nintendo's top talent has presumably worked on Switch 2 software for years, so now is the time for big guns like Donkey Kong, Mario, and Zelda.—
Jordan Minor,
PC Magazine,
1 Apr. 2025
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The Blueshirts’ big guns of Panarin and Fox worked to engineer Zibanejad’s one-timer from the left circle, 2:13 after Carlsson’s goal.—
Andrew Knoll,
Oc Register,
29 Mar. 2025
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“Supremo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supremo. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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