magnates

plural of magnate

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of magnates In Season 2, Cross is in pursuit of a ruthless vigilante who is hunting down corrupt billionaire magnates. Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025 Now the second season finds Cross in pursuit of a ruthless vigilante hunting down corrupt billionaire magnates. Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2025 The actual man has no tie to the real diamond magnates of the Leviev family. Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025 This year’s Davos summit seated several religious figures at the same tables hosting bond-market briefings alongside the usual presidents, central-bank chiefs, and software magnates. Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2025 Out of a desire for independence, Dwek left Newmark and secured a job working for property magnates Simon and David Reuben. Alison Coleman, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for magnates
Noun
  • 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
  • Recent years have seen these tycoons entering into the world of politics.
    Senior Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • But the grab bag of parts—cheese barons, Nazis—never comes together, and the old obsessions never acquire new force.
    Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Exactly what was Paine’s problem with kings?
    Matthew Redmond, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2025
  • With war looming and chaos consuming the kingdom — drawing in the ruthless kings of other Scandinavian countries and even a powerful English ruler — the stage is set for a thundering, cataclysmic, compelling and utterly magical new Norse Saga.
    Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2025

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Magnates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/magnates. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

More from Merriam-Webster on magnates

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!