as in tycoon
a person of rank, power, or influence in a particular field
a studio magnate who had the biggest stars in Hollywood at his beck and call
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Recent Examples of magnate
The hedge-fund magnate is worth about fifty billion dollars and is an unabashed big spender—from pièds-a-terre to politics.
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Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 16 June 2026
The mining magnate’s stake is worth more than $1 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported.
—Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 15 June 2026
The outspoken late-night host criticized the SpaceX founder and controversial tech magnate as his company enters the stock market for the first time, a seismic move that made Musk the world's first trillionaire.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 12 June 2026
Then Miller enlisted investment help from his friend, railroad magnate Henry Huntington, transformed the boarding house into a hotel and renamed it.
—Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
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Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 16 June 2026
The mining magnate’s stake is worth more than $1 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported.
—Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 15 June 2026
The outspoken late-night host criticized the SpaceX founder and controversial tech magnate as his company enters the stock market for the first time, a seismic move that made Musk the world's first trillionaire.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 12 June 2026
Then Miller enlisted investment help from his friend, railroad magnate Henry Huntington, transformed the boarding house into a hotel and renamed it.
—Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for magnate
Noun
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Alongside the police raids, the downfall of these tycoons put pressure on scam companies, which have relocated from Cambodia in recent months, researchers and former scam workers said.—
Shibani Mahtani,
NPR,
21 June 2026
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The couple traveled to the South of France in search of a holiday home and, in 1938, stayed at the legendary Hôtel Provençal in Juan-les-Pins as guests of its owner, Florence Gould, the socialite wife of American tycoon Frank Jay Gould.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
15 June 2026
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Cruise sports a thick Southern accent, a beer belly and thinning white hair (fashioned in an unconvincing combover) to play the oil baron whose company may have set off an ecological disaster that could also spark a nuclear war.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
23 June 2026
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Lipstye and others worried that Shelter Island was becoming a place dominated by wealthy barons who weren’t necessarily invested in the community — a place, in short, like the South Fork.—
Reeves Wiedeman,
Curbed,
22 June 2026
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Nonetheless, he is made king and often found eschewing his royal duties in favor of visiting brothels or hanging out with those who work for him.—
Skyler Trepel,
PEOPLE,
22 June 2026
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The cinema may be king after all.—
David Denby,
New Yorker,
21 June 2026
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“Magnate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/magnate. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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