Examples of tycoon in a Sentence
an oil tycoon who's widely considered the most powerful man in the county
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Yet the story of the toiler turned tycoon persisted.
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Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
In 2022, Jack landed a new job as a marketing executive with property tycoon Mike Meldman — one of Clooney's business partners — which required the family to begin splitting their time between England and Portugal.
—Emy Lacroix, PEOPLE, 4 May 2026
For the manifesto’s authors, a just fashion system enriches the lives of workers, their families and their communities, not the coffers of billionaire fashion tycoons.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 1 May 2026
That combination of sangfroid and swagger established a new way for rappers to self-present, maintaining street credibility while pursuing both pop success and a more audacious kind of crossover, from performer to executive to tycoon.
—New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
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Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
In 2022, Jack landed a new job as a marketing executive with property tycoon Mike Meldman — one of Clooney's business partners — which required the family to begin splitting their time between England and Portugal.
—Emy Lacroix, PEOPLE, 4 May 2026
For the manifesto’s authors, a just fashion system enriches the lives of workers, their families and their communities, not the coffers of billionaire fashion tycoons.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 1 May 2026
That combination of sangfroid and swagger established a new way for rappers to self-present, maintaining street credibility while pursuing both pop success and a more audacious kind of crossover, from performer to executive to tycoon.
—New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
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“Tycoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tycoon. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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tycoon
noun
ty·coon
tī-ˈkün 
: a very wealthy and powerful business person
Etymology
Japanese taikun "shogun"
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