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Six example sentences with magnate, each labelled with its topic.
A shipping magnate bought the struggling club, promising a new arena and three seasons of heavy spending on players.
Basketball
The hotel was built for a railway magnate who wanted forty rooms, a private platform, and a glass dining car.
Travel
A steel magnate funded the concert hall, and that family still covers half the orchestra's payroll each season.
Music
A copper magnate built the town's opera house in 1890 and paid the miners' wages from the same office.
History
A media magnate bought a ten percent stake in the bank, and the share price rose the morning the deal was announced.
Finance
The gallery's new wing was paid for by a textile magnate who wanted his collection of prints shown together.
Art
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