as in magnate
a person of rank, power, or influence in a particular field
an oil tycoon who's widely considered the most powerful man in the county
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Recent Examples of tycoon
Their characters, ranch tycoon Beulah and local vet Everett, were romantically involved at one point but are no longer, though Beulah seems keen to rekindle their relationship.
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Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026
Real estate tycoon and major political donor Lawrence Hess gifted the campaign $25,000.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2026
South Korean retail tycoon Chung Yong-jin on Tuesday issued his second apology in two weeks as Starbucks’ local operation faces a backlash over a recent marketing campaign that was widely perceived as mocking victims of a bloody military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in 1980.
—ABC News, 25 May 2026
The ethnic Hutu business tycoon was indicted on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity for allegedly arming Hutu militias that massacred more than 800,000 mostly ethnic Tutsis in 1994.
—Sudarsan Raghavan, Washington Post, 16 May 2026
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Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026
Real estate tycoon and major political donor Lawrence Hess gifted the campaign $25,000.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2026
South Korean retail tycoon Chung Yong-jin on Tuesday issued his second apology in two weeks as Starbucks’ local operation faces a backlash over a recent marketing campaign that was widely perceived as mocking victims of a bloody military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in 1980.
—ABC News, 25 May 2026
The ethnic Hutu business tycoon was indicted on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity for allegedly arming Hutu militias that massacred more than 800,000 mostly ethnic Tutsis in 1994.
—Sudarsan Raghavan, Washington Post, 16 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tycoon
magnate
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The backstory South African billionaire and tech magnate Koos Bekker and his wife Karen Roos had already created waves at Babylonstoren in South Africa, with its gardens modeled on those of the Dutch East India Company, vineyards, and herbal spa.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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His students had collectively decided to set the play in eighteen-nineties Butte, making the court of Duke Frederick the house of a silver-mining magnate and situating the Forest of Arden in the Absarokas.—
Jonathan Franzen,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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