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
Designer Joe Nahem creatively combined two units at the Continuum South Beach for the late real estate magnate and eight-time Tony-winning Broadway producer Luigi Caiola.
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Mark David, Robb Report, 1 Oct. 2025
Known as the Uplands Mansion, the palatial home was built in 1917 for the grandson for railroad magnate Charles Crocker.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025
Putin was portrayed as an unsightly troll, who, by an act of magic—a spell cast by the puppet version of Boris Berezovsky, the magnate who helped engineer his rise to the Presidency—comes to appear beautiful and virtuous, the subject of great adulation and deference.
—Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
More recently, Ellison has emerged as a behind-the-scenes media magnate.
—Robert Frank, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025
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Mark David, Robb Report, 1 Oct. 2025
Known as the Uplands Mansion, the palatial home was built in 1917 for the grandson for railroad magnate Charles Crocker.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025
Putin was portrayed as an unsightly troll, who, by an act of magic—a spell cast by the puppet version of Boris Berezovsky, the magnate who helped engineer his rise to the Presidency—comes to appear beautiful and virtuous, the subject of great adulation and deference.
—Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
More recently, Ellison has emerged as a behind-the-scenes media magnate.
—Robert Frank, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for magnate
Noun
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Both Cleo and Mitch end up being restrained by the tycoon’s strong-armed goons.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
5 Oct. 2025
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The series marks the first mainstream platform uniting India’s entertainment icons with industry tycoons to spotlight fashion entrepreneurship.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Teeming with tennis courts, specimen trees and stone mansions raised from the dirt by 19th-century railroad barons, the suburb makes wealth feel like weather, an ozone layer shrouding everything — ambient, constant and vital.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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So no wonder that his engagement with the human cost of rapid industrialization in early 20th century Bohemia fed into his depiction in the novel of social conditions in robber-baron America.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Daft Punk were the kings of that.—
Alma Rota,
Rolling Stone,
14 Oct. 2025
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The uprising took place in the aftermath of the Black Death, as the king was levying higher taxes to fund the Hundred Years’ War.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
13 Oct. 2025
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On Sunday’s This Week, Stephanopoulos pressed Vance on whether border czar Tom Homan accepted $50,000 in cash from an uncover FBI agent last year.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
14 Oct. 2025
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The White House border czar, Tom Homan, was recorded on an FBI surveillance tape in September 2024 accepting $50,000 in cash.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 Oct. 2025
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“Magnate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/magnate. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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