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magnate

[mag-nayt, -nit] / ˈmæg neɪt, -nɪt /


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Owner Matt Ellis is without doubt the lead character, having come in as a fan but also an incredibly wealthy and successful kitchen magnate.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Trump, a former real estate magnate who promotes family enterprises at every opportunity, told Martin that Doonbeg was "one of the greatest courses in the world".

From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026

A few club members who relocated to South Florida or spend time there lined up to shake Bezos’ hand, including real-estate magnate Richard LeFrak and businessman Eddie Lampert.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

“It was a conversation,” said hotel real-estate magnate Richard Born, who received the dismissal letter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

Financial backers of both institutions—the Chemical Foundation in Columbia’s case and William Crocker, a banking and railroad magnate, in Berkeley’s case—seemed eager to pony up funds to cover Sloan’s further research.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

From John Sutter on to a “dress rehearsal” for a Confederate victory and through to resource magnates like Leland Stanford, readers will understand that a conflict between North and South also included the West.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

In the beginning, this new movement was largely financed by a pair of Los Angeles oil magnates.

From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026

Many excluded Indians altogether or admitted only a small number of princes and magnates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

It is, by design, capable of confronting not merely individual wrongdoers but vast criminal networks and incalculably rich corporations and commercial magnates.

From Slate ● Nov. 20, 2024

There he had to battle wealthy and influential utility magnates hoping to throttle the TVA at birth.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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