: a person of rank, power, influence, or distinction often in a specified area
a railroad magnate
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Examples of magnate in a Sentence
a studio magnate who had the biggest stars in Hollywood at his beck and call
Recent Examples on the Web
Commissioned by shipping magnate Nicolás Mihanovich, the 20-story grande dame was the tallest building in Latin America when it was completed in 1929.
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Nora Walsh, Travel + Leisure, 17 Apr. 2024
Not ideal, the billionaire business magnate admitted, but better than the two days in office per week his staff is currently working.
—Jane Thier, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2024
Scott, at his most creepy and conniving, plays Tom Ripley, a low-rent con artist in New York in the 1960s who gets the opportunity of a lifetime when a rich shipping magnate employs him to convince the man's wayward heir to come home and stop gallivanting across Italy.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2024
Tom is a small-time scammer scraping by in early-1960s New York City when he’s summoned to meet with Herbert Greenleaf (Manchester by the Sea filmmaker Kenneth Lonergan), a shipping magnate whose son Richard has been living in Italy on a trust fund.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 4 Apr. 2024
Komal Singh, a construction magnate in his mid-50s, has benefited from the law.
—Gaiutra Bahadur Keisha Scarville, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2024
While Elon Musk’s $44 billion buyout of Twitter closed in 2022, there has been no shortage of buzz around the business magnate and how the social media giant has operated post-buyout.
—Dean Kaplan, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
North Carolina businessman and trucking magnate Malcom McLean created the ship by fitting a former World War II T2 tanker with equipment to carry containers on deck.
—Aaron Boorstein, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2024
Fisher cites a more modern example: casino magnate Steve Wynn's expansion of the Las Vegas Strip in the 1990s.
—Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 3 Apr. 2024
Nora Walsh, Travel + Leisure, 17 Apr. 2024
Not ideal, the billionaire business magnate admitted, but better than the two days in office per week his staff is currently working.
—Jane Thier, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2024
Scott, at his most creepy and conniving, plays Tom Ripley, a low-rent con artist in New York in the 1960s who gets the opportunity of a lifetime when a rich shipping magnate employs him to convince the man's wayward heir to come home and stop gallivanting across Italy.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2024
Tom is a small-time scammer scraping by in early-1960s New York City when he’s summoned to meet with Herbert Greenleaf (Manchester by the Sea filmmaker Kenneth Lonergan), a shipping magnate whose son Richard has been living in Italy on a trust fund.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 4 Apr. 2024
Komal Singh, a construction magnate in his mid-50s, has benefited from the law.
—Gaiutra Bahadur Keisha Scarville, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2024
While Elon Musk’s $44 billion buyout of Twitter closed in 2022, there has been no shortage of buzz around the business magnate and how the social media giant has operated post-buyout.
—Dean Kaplan, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
North Carolina businessman and trucking magnate Malcom McLean created the ship by fitting a former World War II T2 tanker with equipment to carry containers on deck.
—Aaron Boorstein, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2024
Fisher cites a more modern example: casino magnate Steve Wynn's expansion of the Las Vegas Strip in the 1990s.
—Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 3 Apr. 2024
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“Magnate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/magnate. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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magnate
noun
mag·nate
ˈmag-ˌnāt 
-nət
: a person of rank, power, or influence (as in an industry)
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