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Recent Examples of Croesus Manners is the founder and former Chairman of Croesus Mining, a major gold producer, among a myriad of pursuits that includes his role as Chairman of the Mannkal Economic Education Foundation, a libertarian think tank. John Tamny, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025 Elsa’s father, Ferdinando, was as rich as Croesus but, scandalized by his daughter turning her back on the family’s prim, conservative ways, left her to make a living for herself. Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 5 Aug. 2024 As long as the boom proceeded, successful traders became as rich as Croesus. Alan S. Blinder, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2015 Toyota, with more money than Croesus and more engineers than MIT, ran an F1 team from 2002 to 2009, reportedly spending hundreds of millions of dollars. Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 17 Feb. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Croesus
Noun
  • Frank McCourt announced on Monday that Alexis Ohanian, the co-founder of Reddit and a venture capitalist, has joined his bid to acquire TikTok's U.S. operations as a strategic adviser specializing in social media.
    Dawn Chmielewski, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Exits — which offer investors a way to take out their money and profit on their investments — have also been few and far between in the region, according to industry insiders, which has made many venture capitalists and limited partners more cautious on their bets.
    Ernestine Siu, CNBC, 23 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Meanwhile, Democratic governors, like Walz, will be figuring out what kind of power states like his have as Trump steps back into the White House.
    Clay Masters, NPR, 19 Dec. 2024
  • The creator economy is increasingly resembling a system of haves and have-nots, where a small group of elite creators captures the most financial gains, while the majority struggle to monetize their content.
    Jules Herd, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • FedEx is suing Donald Trump-supporting pillow magnate Mike Lindell for nearly $9 million in unpaid delivery fees.
    Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
  • The project soon attached Ed Harris to play James, a celebrated actor but failed property magnate.
    Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 3 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Subsequently released testimony and records indicated that some schools had policies of waving through applicants whose parents were expected to give a lot of money.
    Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
  • The lender could take the land if the money wasn’t paid back.
    Roger Valdez, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025

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“Croesus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Croesus. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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