as in tycoons
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 magnates
In Season 2, Cross is in pursuit of a ruthless vigilante who is hunting down corrupt billionaire magnates.
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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
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
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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
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Recent years have seen these tycoons entering into the world of politics.—
Senior Editor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 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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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
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Exactly what was Paine’s problem with kings?—
Matthew Redmond,
The Conversation,
9 Oct. 2025
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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
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“Magnates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/magnates. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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