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magnate

[mag-neyt, -nit] / ˈmæg neɪt, -nɪt /


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The ships were among more than 50 vessels sanctioned by the U.S. last year for links to Iranian shipping magnate Mohammad Hossein Shamkhani.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Likewise, Andy’s story starts when a magnate shutters her current job at a newspaper called the New York Vanguard, firing her and her colleagues for a $500-million tax write-off.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

Not only does the Korean magnate understandably detest that style, she has no love for Lindsay either.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026

Witkoff, a former real estate magnate, is Donald Trump's special envoy and Kushner is the US president's son-in-law.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

The parade ended at Darling Stadium, the namesake of the oyster magnate whose creative entrepreneurship had brokered the land deal with the federal government for the Langley laboratory a half century before.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly




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