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captain of industry



NOUN
industrialist
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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

The millionaire captain of industry is his hero, and because he is not numbered among this class, he looks at the world through the bluest kind of spectacles.

From Craftsmanship in Teaching by Bagley, William Chandler




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