How to Use tycoon in a Sentence

tycoon

noun
  • Not dabblers in the slave trade, tycoons of the slave trade.
    — Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Both are among half a dozen tycoons who added more than $10 billion each to their wealth.
    — Forbes Press Releases, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Trump was a real estate tycoon and a fixture in the tabloids.
    — Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 29 June 2026
  • His opponents tried to slow him down by tarring him as an out-of-touch tycoon.
    — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2022
  • The 64-year-old tycoon is himself no stranger to the rumor mill.
    — Dan Adler, Vanity Fair, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Ali kills the sex- and drug-trafficking tycoon with three shotgun blasts to the chest.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 1 June 2026
  • On one side are a scheming tycoon and his team of regulation plug-uglies.
    — Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2024
  • But claims about the tech tycoon have reached a fever pitch in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
    — Matthew Brown, USA TODAY, 13 June 2020
  • That tycoon is Robert Tsao, the founder of a microchip-maker.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 2 Sep. 2022
  • Tech tycoon John McAfee's time on the run appears to have come to an end.
    — Spencer Neale, Washington Examiner, 5 Oct. 2020
  • But by night’s end, the tycoon is found dead, sparking a murder mystery that will keep all of the guests on their toes.
    — Nick Caruso, TVLine, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Both Cleo and Mitch end up being restrained by the tycoon’s strong-armed goons.
    — Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Through thick and thin the bearded tycoon has hustled on, armed with a high-profile brand and a cheesy perma-grin.
    — The Economist, 13 June 2020
  • Yet the story of the toiler turned tycoon persisted.
    — Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • Since the start of the pandemic, the tycoon has worked from home, doing board meetings on Zoom.
    — Naazneen Karmali, Forbes, 6 July 2022
  • The rapper and the lifestyle tycoon have teamed frequently in recent years.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 15 June 2022
  • The sequel, which added Radcliffe as a deranged tech tycoon, was weaker.
    — Rachel Simon, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2022
  • Howard Hughes, the germ-averse aviation tycoon, is believed to have had it, too.
    — Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2026
  • The oil tycoon married his fifth wife at the property's chapel in 2014.
    — Sam Dangremond, Town & Country, 4 Feb. 2022
  • But where does Ted Turner live now that other tycoons have bought up enough acreage to surpass his record?
    — Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Even when the boy's captors sliced off one of his ears and mailed it to a Rome newspaper, the oil tycoon was unmoved.
    — People Staff, Peoplemag, 3 Nov. 2022
  • The grandson of a billionaire oil tycoon, Davis is an heir to a massive fortune.
    — Emily Strohm, Peoplemag, 7 July 2023
  • Ciaran is a modest, salt-of-the-earth type, Barry is a brash real estate tycoon.
    — Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Indeed, the Hong Kong tycoon has been known to collect across a range of categories.
    — Dana Givens, Robb Report, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Corruption, in the justices’ eyes, is when a railroad tycoon hands a politician a burlap sack with a big dollar sign on it.
    — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 22 Sep. 2023
  • The Florida energy tycoon has grown close to Maduro over the years.
    — Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 7 Feb. 2025
  • 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
  • Compared to the tycoons on Wall Street, presidents don’t get paid much while in power.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2024
  • Recent years have seen these tycoons entering into the world of politics.
    — Senior Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The story made Musk sound like a typical tycoon living in the lap of luxury.
    — Will Oremus, Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2023

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