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magnificoes

noun

variants or magnificos
plural of magnifico
as in magnates

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  1. magnates
  2. moguls
  3. nabobs
Noun
  • The verdict cleared a legal cloud hanging over OpenAI's restructuring right as both magnates were steering their companies toward the public market.
    — Alicia Park, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • Newspapers fell into the hands of magnates who advanced their own interests.
    — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
Definition of magnates
Noun
  • The biggest news to come out of two film festivals this week stemmed from documentaries about tech moguls gone bad.
    — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Hollywood’s obsession with Silicon Valley is about to reach a fever pitch with four major films set to take on controversial tech moguls.
    — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of moguls
Noun
  • Netflix execs no doubt long ago figured out how to tune out the nattering nabobs of negativism, understanding that such scrutiny — from both consumers and the press — is the unavoidable by-product of success.
    — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2026
  • But all the nattering nabobs of negativism who’d normally have been concentrating on Maura’s catastrophic first term had to devote at least a little attention to recounting one of the Wu Klux Klan’s more embarrassing moments of 2025.
    — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 21 Jan. 2026
Definition of nabobs
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