1
: emperor
specifically
: the ruler of Russia until the 1917 revolution
2
: one having great power or authority
a banking czar
Examples of czar in a Sentence
a showbiz czar who is said to be able to make or break a career
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Trump’s deportation dream team — Homeland Security head Kristi Noem, border czar Tom Homan and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller — has berated ICE officials for not doing more to comply with Trump’s wishes.
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Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2025
Venture capitalist and Musk ally David Sacks, now serving as Trump’s czar for crypto and AI, gleefully read a list of Trump’s actions on crypto to the Winklevoss twins during a fireside chat.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 2 June 2025
Teachers gathered in protest, amassing a crowd of about 1,000 who took advantage of their location: Thomas Homan, the Trump administration’s border czar, owns a vacation home in the village.
—Ana Ley, New York Times, 30 May 2025
Tom Homan, President Donald Trump's border czar, mocked Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Wednesday in connection to the criminal charges one of Ocasio-Cortez's Democratic colleagues is facing.
—Sonam Sheth, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025
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Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2025
Venture capitalist and Musk ally David Sacks, now serving as Trump’s czar for crypto and AI, gleefully read a list of Trump’s actions on crypto to the Winklevoss twins during a fireside chat.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 2 June 2025
Teachers gathered in protest, amassing a crowd of about 1,000 who took advantage of their location: Thomas Homan, the Trump administration’s border czar, owns a vacation home in the village.
—Ana Ley, New York Times, 30 May 2025
Tom Homan, President Donald Trump's border czar, mocked Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Wednesday in connection to the criminal charges one of Ocasio-Cortez's Democratic colleagues is facing.
—Sonam Sheth, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for czar
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“Czar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/czar. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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