magnate

Example Sentences

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It has become a magnate not only for tourists, but also immigrants moving to destinations such as Medellín and Bogotá from the likes of the US, Canada and the UK.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

Hotel magnate Thomas Pritzker once replied to him saying “Please excuse my lack of typos.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

Shnaider, based in Canada, is a Soviet-born steel magnate and property developer who in 2007 partnered with Donald Trump on a since renamed Trump-branded tower External link in Toronto.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

The announcement comes nearly a decade after news broke of business magnate David Geffen’s record-high $150-million donation toward the construction of a new museum building to be designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Peter Zumthor.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2026

In the mid-1920s, Howard began to live like the magnate he had become.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand