as in tycoon
a person of rank, power, or influence in a particular field
movie moguls promising to turn young actresses into stars
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Recent Examples of mogul
Elon Musk, the billionaire tech mogul who had a near-constant presence in the tumultuous early weeks of President Donald Trump’s second-term administration, is stepping down from his official senior adviser role at the White House.
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Chad De Guzman, Time, 29 May 2025
When escorting Combs back to his room, Florez testified, the mogul offered him a stack of money in exchange for staying silent about the altercation.
—Josh Meyer, USA Today, 29 May 2025
The government has already established that several of Combs’ employees and people on his payroll saw the mogul physically abusing Ventura over the course of their relationship.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 29 May 2025
The first serious conversations about change came in 2008 after real estate mogul Sam Zell took over the team, which was part of Tribune Co., and looked into the possibility of adding video.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2025
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Chad De Guzman, Time, 29 May 2025
When escorting Combs back to his room, Florez testified, the mogul offered him a stack of money in exchange for staying silent about the altercation.
—Josh Meyer, USA Today, 29 May 2025
The government has already established that several of Combs’ employees and people on his payroll saw the mogul physically abusing Ventura over the course of their relationship.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 29 May 2025
The first serious conversations about change came in 2008 after real estate mogul Sam Zell took over the team, which was part of Tribune Co., and looked into the possibility of adding video.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mogul
Noun
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Luxury goods tycoon and Afrikaner Johann Rupert was also in the delegation to help ease Trump’s concerns that land was being seized from white farmers.—
Gerald Imray,
Chicago Tribune,
21 May 2025
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In both the book and the Kurosawa film, the tycoon at the center of the story’s conflict is in the shoe business.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
20 May 2025
Noun
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But the character is more of a riff on the real-life oil baron Calouste Gulbenkian, the world’s richest man at the time of his death in 1955 and a template for today’s globe-roaming magnates who pledge allegiance only to their own ambitions.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2025
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The brand is a jewel in the crown of luxury magnate Bernard Arnault, the founder of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, who has owned Dior since 1984.—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
29 May 2025
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“Mogul.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mogul. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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