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overlord

[oh-ver-lawrd] / ˈoʊ vərˌlɔrd /


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Mr. Washington, star of Spike Lee’s “BlacKkKlansman,” has one of the richer roles, as the tech overlord who with supple suavity plays upon his friends’ weaknesses and sensitivities to achieve his ends.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

And now AI is the overlord of all that.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026

In comparing those statistics with those of its former colonial overlord, Hartnett, Bank of America’s chief equity strategist, found an emphatic stateside outperformance on almost all fronts.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 3, 2026

"I think Your Idol is such a banger," says Kang about song the Saja Boys sing while feeding the souls of their audience to the evil overlord Gwi-Ma.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2025

Look at the sporting etiquette, according to which Henry had to withdraw from a siege as soon as his enemy Louis joined the defenders inside the town, because Louis was his feudal overlord.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

But there are technical challenges: AI agents make lots of decisions very fast, and so it's hard for their human overlords to monitor exactly which values are being followed and which aren't.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

The S&P’s overlords cannot guarantee that this will continue, but they can treat as sacred the rules that give the index credibility.

From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026

Our tech overlords are planning for conscious AI to conquer the cosmos.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 1, 2026

The House wasn’t in session, which is often the best time to check in on staff who don’t have their overlords hanging around.

From Salon ● May 29, 2026

There then followed a hectic jurisdictional dispute between these overlords that was decided in General Dreedle’s favor by ex-P.F.C.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller




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