as in heavyweight
one of high position or importance within a group
dressed conservatively so as to make a good impression with the nabobs on the co-op's board
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Recent Examples of nabob
Nattering nabobs of non-mainstream media might call it assault by beverage.
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Pat Beall, Orlando Sentinel, 14 July 2024
The Gold Coast once held the highest concentrations of American wealth, and today, the area remains an upscale part of Long Island, with many of those centuries-old homes of Gilded Age nabobs still intact.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 20 Mar. 2024
Chattering nabobs of negativity have highlighted that 66 Chinese companies are being removed from indices.
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
This oilman here was not a nabob like Doheny, but his L.A. oil scandal was going on at the same time.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2023
Woody Allen, Elaine May and Larry David have all done it, turning these people into shouting caricatures, guilt givers and nabobs of neuroses.
—Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 11 May 2020
All those nattering nabobs of negativism in the press were certainly guaranteed to give this speech the back of the hand, right?
—Jamie Dupree, AJC.com, 31 Jan. 2018
If Tebow does not in fact disagree with Jeffress on any of these points, then his decision looks like nothing more than craven capitulation to the nattering nabobs of negativism and intolerance.
—Robert Klemko, SI.com, 17 Aug. 2017
My, oh my, sounds like a nattering nabob of negativity.
—Letter Writers, Twin Cities, 11 June 2017
Pat Beall, Orlando Sentinel, 14 July 2024
The Gold Coast once held the highest concentrations of American wealth, and today, the area remains an upscale part of Long Island, with many of those centuries-old homes of Gilded Age nabobs still intact.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 20 Mar. 2024
Chattering nabobs of negativity have highlighted that 66 Chinese companies are being removed from indices.
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
This oilman here was not a nabob like Doheny, but his L.A. oil scandal was going on at the same time.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2023
Woody Allen, Elaine May and Larry David have all done it, turning these people into shouting caricatures, guilt givers and nabobs of neuroses.
—Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 11 May 2020
All those nattering nabobs of negativism in the press were certainly guaranteed to give this speech the back of the hand, right?
—Jamie Dupree, AJC.com, 31 Jan. 2018
If Tebow does not in fact disagree with Jeffress on any of these points, then his decision looks like nothing more than craven capitulation to the nattering nabobs of negativism and intolerance.
—Robert Klemko, SI.com, 17 Aug. 2017
My, oh my, sounds like a nattering nabob of negativity.
—Letter Writers, Twin Cities, 11 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nabob
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Gladiator 2 has Denzel Washington and Pedro Pascal as Colosseum-adjacent heavies.Nate Jones, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2024
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With this year's costumes trend predicted to be extra pop-culture heavy, some obvious duo costumes, like Deadpool and Wolverine, come to mind.Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 5 Oct. 2024
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James Dyson, the business magnate behind electronics giant Dyson, slammed Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s measures to increase taxes, including on the inheritance of farmland worth above £1 million in value.BYPrarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 4 Nov. 2024
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Trump has taken up an idea floated by Musk to create a government efficiency commission, and said the tech magnate would be a big part of the commission.Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2024
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To further quantity the significance of this, OKC’s only other true big who has played rotational minutes at the NBA level is Jaylin Williams, who is also currently injured and missed the entire preseason.Nick Crain, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
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Dieng has the height at 6-foot-11 but lacks the strength and physicality to compete with more traditional bigs.Nick Crain, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
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Photo: Compass This co-op is a true one-bedroom that fits a king bed and has an actually usable dining room-slash-office area off of the kitchen (which isn’t huge but has a good amount of counter space).Clio Chang, Curbed, 12 Nov. 2024
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The king restricted himself to constitutional duties for a period of time, scrapping public visits in the early part of the year following his diagnosis in February.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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The Oudh descendants in Kolkata, where the nawab died in exile, had also rejected their claim.Ellen Barry, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2019
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In 1757, the East India Company commander Robert Clive defeated Bengal’s local ruler, or nawab, in battle and consolidated the company’s power in the province.Maya Jasanoff, The New York Review of Books, 23 May 2019
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The state has been a bastion of anti-Trump sentiment ever since the bombastic billionaire real estate tycoon first ventured into politics nearly a decade ago.Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
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In addition to developing a loyal cluster of Silicon Valley tycoon customers, from LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman to Salesforce founder Marc Benioff and Amazon honcho Jeff Bezos, several Hollywood celebrities have been wearing the brand.Luisa Zargani, WWD, 29 Oct. 2024
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The average success rate for lion hunters is around just 19 percent, according to CPW.Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 6 Nov. 2024
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Upstairs, past a pair of imperial guardian lions, the collection begins — a mishmash of statues, Chinese ink paintings, European landscapes, and modern art.Joseph Bien-Kahn, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2024
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While Jon is bound to leadership by a sense of duty, Daenerys sees herself as a liberator, a queen steeped in moral righteousness who freed slaves across the sea for the greater good.David Sims, The Atlantic, 14 July 2017
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THE TRENDSETTER Salt & Straw is the homecoming queen of ice cream in LA.Cole Kazdin, Los Angeles Magazine, 14 July 2017
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“Nabob.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nabob. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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