mogul

noun

Definition of mogulnext
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 As tech moguls go, Morgan seems to be more Dario Amodei than Sam Altman. — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026 Multiple sources said the group has courted Ken Griffin, the billionaire hedge-fund mogul who lives in Miami and this week announced a $3 billion donation to bring a Carnegie Mellon college campus to the city’s Wynwood neighborhood. — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026 The venue’s promotion of the shows dwindled as the country’s foreign ministry and political figures began to speak out about the rap mogul’s history of antisemitism. — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026 As for Hollywood’s newest mogul, the sky is the limit, unless, of course, the debt becomes too onerous. — Brent Lang, IndieWire, 2 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for mogul
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  1. tycoon
  2. magnate
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  • Yet all that hobnobbing and globe-trotting may not work this time for Digger, a climate change satire in which Cruise plays a Texas oil tycoon.
    — Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Riz Ahmed, John Goodman and Sandra Hüller also star in Digger, which centers on Cruise’s audacious oil tycoon grappling with having started a natural disaster.
    — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of tycoon
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  • Oprah Winfrey is many things—a source of wisdom, a business magnate, and a style icon.
    — Annie Blackman, InStyle, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Kounalakis holds a master’s in business administration from UC Berkeley and is the daughter of Sacramento real estate magnate Angelo Tsakopolous.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of magnate

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“Mogul.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mogul. Accessed 8 Oct. 2026.

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