captain of industry
Example Sentences
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His excellent training saves the show’s favorite captain of industry.
From Salon • Aug. 11, 2025
At one of these meetings, I was meeting with a captain of industry, a very important person.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2025
The situations in which the 61-year-old Emirati found himself embroiled were the type of things that would typically force the resignation of a politician or a captain of industry.
From BBC • Feb. 2, 2023
The male cheerleader was something of a campus eminence, regarded as an up-and-coming entrepreneur and future captain of industry.
From Slate • Dec. 22, 2017
All this means that the American football man, like the American captain of industry, or the American pioneer in any field of activity, is never content to stand still.
From Football Days Memories of the Game and of the Men behind the Ball by Edwards, William Hanford
