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
I look at the shell of his hotel as the equatorial night plunges over it and wonder whether a person can be both captain of industry and conservationist.
From New York Times • Nov. 18, 2011
“That’s true enough, but fellows like myself can’t always find a captain of industry who is willing to take a long-shot to do the indorsing,” said the Idiot.
From The Genial Idiot His Views and Reviews by Bangs, John Kendrick
