magnate
Example Sentences
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Then Miller enlisted investment help from his friend, railroad magnate Henry Huntington, transformed the boarding house into a hotel and renamed it.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
Real Madrid is owned entirely by members who elect the president, with this the first presidential election in 20 years to feature a challenger - renewable energy magnate Enrique Riquelme.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
In the 1870s, Leland Stanford, the railroad magnate and benefactor of the university that bears his name, funded an effort to find out.
From Slate • May 25, 2026
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
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
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