How to Use magnate in a Sentence

magnate

noun

• The winter hasn't been so kind to the Houston furniture magnate.
  — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 23 Jan. 2023
• But no magnate besides Gates has met one-on-one with the president.
  — Rachel Shin, Fortune, 16 June 2023
• One Russian magnate’s dream of restoring a nation to greatness has set in motion a chain of events that will take the world to the brink of chaos.
  — Charna Flam, Variety, 28 Sep. 2023
• The bet didn’t pay off for the Houston furniture magnate, but that hasn’t forced him to sever ties with D-FW teams.
  — Dallas News, 19 Jan. 2023
• His work caught the eye of a local real estate magnate, John Portman, who hired him.
  — Michael Silverman, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Dec. 2022
• The Bellagio, opened by casino magnate Steve Wynn, was designed to change all that.
  — Brett Martin, Bon Appétit, 8 Nov. 2023
• Built by chewing-gum magnate William Wrigley Jr. in the late 1920s, the Biltmore has hosted presidents and movie stars.
  — Todd Kelly, The Arizona Republic, 15 Jan. 2024
• Customers who caught onto the magnate’s whereabouts began to crowd shopping malls to get a glimpse of him.
  — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 30 June 2023
• The billionaire mining magnate owns a vast portfolio of real estate and yachts and a stake in the Bank of Cyprus.
  — Stacy Permanstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2023
• In fact, the shoe magnate’s hotel is an entirely new, ground-up design.
  — Lawrence Ulrich, Robb Report, 20 Feb. 2024
• Scores of Tri-Stars were commissioned by royals and oil magnates, but those vehicles were rarely kept stock.
  — Sean Evans, Robb Report, 24 Jan. 2024
• The company boasts a $462 billion market cap, and the man behind the curtain is French business magnate Arnault.
  — Paige Hagy, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2023
• The Mediterranean-style home was built in 1906 for Chicago meatpacking magnate Edward Swift.
  — Genevieve Redsten, Journal Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2023
• The magnate, which Lefcourt launched with her then-husband in 2000, has been a central force behind the natural wine movement.
  — Eliza Dumais, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Feb. 2023
• The team’s owner, oil and gas magnate Terry Pegula, has a net worth of $6.7 billion, according to Forbes.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2023
• The scandals have only increased since the tech mogul and billionaire magnate purchased Twitter in 2022.
  — Justin Klawans, theweek, 16 Jan. 2024
• His mother, the former Katherine Goldsmith, was a homemaker and the daughter of a textile magnate.
  — Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2023
• The magnate’s rise in the polls, during the 2016 nominating contest, befuddled him.
  — Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
• Real-life magnates like Carnegie and Frick weren’t half as sympathetic as George Russell.
  — Phillip MacIak, The New Republic, 1 Nov. 2023
• Grocery store magnate Jeff Brown, whose campaign spent $3.1 million on ads for his primary race (more than all but Domb), is poised to finish fifth.
  — Ben Kamisar, NBC News, 17 May 2023
• An aging media magnate named Logan Roy (French for king) suffered a crippling stroke.
  — Louis Bayard, Washington Post, 25 May 2023
• McFarlane Toys has made the artist behind Spawn a favorite among collectors — and an indie magnate.
  — David Betancourt, Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2023
• Few people have more riding on the 2024 presidential election than tech magnate Elon Musk.
  — David Ingram, NBC News, 28 Feb. 2024
• The offices have been snapped up by retail billionaires, shipping magnates, boxing superstars, and the like.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 5 Sep. 2023
• Meanwhile, after three decades, Mann accomplished his dream of bringing race car magnate Enzo Ferrari’s story to the big screen.
  — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 19 Dec. 2023
• Lohan stars as Sierra Belmont, the daughter of a ski resort magnate (Jack Wagner).
  — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 Nov. 2022
• In many ways, the widow of the billionaire computer services magnate and two-time candidate for U.S. president hasn’t changed that much in 65 years.
  — Dallas News, 29 Dec. 2022
• Once owned by Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis, the 325-footer’s history is nearly as outrageous as the lives of the rich and famous who walked its canopied decks.
  — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 4 Aug. 2023
• Trump was a celebrity real estate magnate and tabloid fixture, while Carroll was an advice columnist with a cable news TV show.
  — Mark Berman, Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2023
• French business magnate Bernard Arnault was listed as the third wealthiest person at $197 billion, as of Tuesday.
  — USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 May 2024