Examples of kingpin in a Sentence
kingpins of the movie industry
a police sting that nabbed several kingpins of the city's drug trade
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Five decades later, Microsoft stands as a survivor of tech’s brutal evolutionary cycles, transforming from a scrappy BASIC interpreter vendor to an operating system kingpin, an internet also-ran, a stagnating giant, and now a cloud computing and AI player worth almost $3 trillion.
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Jackie Snow, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2025
In Season 4 of Godfather of Harlem, a new chapter unfolds with the introduction of a young Frank Lucas—long before the world came to know him as a notorious drug kingpin.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 10 Apr. 2025
But Mike's past seems to catch up to him as a kingpin cartel widow, Isabel (Kate del Castillo), and her son Armando (Jacob Scipio) begin targeting people tied to her husband's downfall, including Mike.
—Rendy Jones, EW.com, 7 Apr. 2025
An unlikely friendship is forged as the two fugitives attempt to outrun a violent kingpin — and their pasts.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 1 Apr. 2025
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Jackie Snow, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2025
In Season 4 of Godfather of Harlem, a new chapter unfolds with the introduction of a young Frank Lucas—long before the world came to know him as a notorious drug kingpin.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 10 Apr. 2025
But Mike's past seems to catch up to him as a kingpin cartel widow, Isabel (Kate del Castillo), and her son Armando (Jacob Scipio) begin targeting people tied to her husband's downfall, including Mike.
—Rendy Jones, EW.com, 7 Apr. 2025
An unlikely friendship is forged as the two fugitives attempt to outrun a violent kingpin — and their pasts.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 1 Apr. 2025
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“Kingpin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kingpin. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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