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baron

[bar-uhn] / ˈbær ən /
NOUN
nobleman
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Not because Mullin, a wealthy plumbing baron from Oklahoma who’s served in Washington since 2013, has a distinguished legislative record.

From Slate • Mar. 7, 2026

Help came when some of his friends met Hari Khoday, the late liquor baron who was building a temple in Pandavapura.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026

This is usually gratifying work, but in “Vigil” she encounters a hard case: the oil baron K.J.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

The property baron offloaded one of his Tennessee homes back in 2021, selling the seven-bedroom, 8.5-bathroom abode, which is believed to have served as his primary residence, for $10.2 million in August of that year.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 16, 2025

Declaring themselves firmly opposed to the Super were Lilienthal, the Republican oil baron Sumner Pike, and Princeton physicist Henry DeWolf Smyth.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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