as in tycoon
a person of rank, power, or influence in a particular field
movie moguls promising to turn young actresses into stars
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Recent Examples of mogul
Prosecutors have pushed for the controversial rap mogul to receive a sentence of at least 11 years in prison, while Combs' attorneys have argued for a 14-month sentence that would allow Combs to return to his family by the end of the year.
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Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2025
The judge denied the motion, ordering the hip-hop mogul to remain in jail until sentencing.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Another inmate nearly shanked the hip hop mogul but was stopped by a guard, attorney Brian Steel said.
—Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 3 Oct. 2025
The music mogul looked at his sniffling children with his head in his hands.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
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Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2025
The judge denied the motion, ordering the hip-hop mogul to remain in jail until sentencing.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Another inmate nearly shanked the hip hop mogul but was stopped by a guard, attorney Brian Steel said.
—Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 3 Oct. 2025
The music mogul looked at his sniffling children with his head in his hands.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mogul
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In collaboration with her longtime makeup artist Hung Vanngo and hairstylist Renato Camparo, the beauty tycoon partnered an Old Hollywood aesthetic with three unique dresses designed by Ralph Lauren on her big day.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
2 Oct. 2025
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Recent years have seen these tycoons entering into the world of politics.—
Senior Editor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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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
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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
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“Mogul.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mogul. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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