as in millionaires
a rich person who has at least a billion dollars, pounds, etc.
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Recent Examples of billionaires
The obscene pay of CEOs, growing 20 times as fast as workers’ pay last year, and the obscene wealth in the tech world, with money cascading into the hands of greedy billionaires who lack empathy or even noblesse oblige.
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Maureen Dowd,
Mercury News,
4 July 2026
The accounts already have gotten a boost from billionaires beyond the $1,000 from the government.
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Moriah Balingit,
Los Angeles Times,
2 July 2026
However, the report noted that much of this rise was due to an increase in the number of billionaires, not just three-comma club members getting richer.
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Hayley Cuccinello,
CNBC,
2 July 2026
Regan declined to rule out future taxes on billionaires to plug what SEIU-UHW estimates to be an annual $20 billion shortfall caused by federal cuts.
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Ben Paviour
july 2,
Sacbee.com,
2 July 2026
Alex Hoffman, a Democratic donor adviser, told ABC News that Democrats need to continue courting high net worth donors, even as many in the party continue to speak out against the influence of billionaires in politics.
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Will Lennon,
ABC News,
1 July 2026
The autocrat delights in humiliating so many people, not least tech billionaires, including Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg, who once opposed him.
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David Remnick,
New Yorker,
23 June 2026
Russ Savage is making a nearly $300 million wager that a new class of billionaires is about to emerge.
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Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
23 June 2026
Indeed, last year Fortune reported that two of Nvidia’s C-Suite had become billionaires thanks to the soaring stock of the chipmaker (up 63% over the past year).
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Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
22 June 2026
Maureen Dowd,
Mercury News,
4 July 2026
The accounts already have gotten a boost from billionaires beyond the $1,000 from the government.
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Moriah Balingit,
Los Angeles Times,
2 July 2026
However, the report noted that much of this rise was due to an increase in the number of billionaires, not just three-comma club members getting richer.
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Hayley Cuccinello,
CNBC,
2 July 2026
Regan declined to rule out future taxes on billionaires to plug what SEIU-UHW estimates to be an annual $20 billion shortfall caused by federal cuts.
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Ben Paviour
july 2,
Sacbee.com,
2 July 2026
Alex Hoffman, a Democratic donor adviser, told ABC News that Democrats need to continue courting high net worth donors, even as many in the party continue to speak out against the influence of billionaires in politics.
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Will Lennon,
ABC News,
1 July 2026
The autocrat delights in humiliating so many people, not least tech billionaires, including Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg, who once opposed him.
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David Remnick,
New Yorker,
23 June 2026
Russ Savage is making a nearly $300 million wager that a new class of billionaires is about to emerge.
—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
23 June 2026
Indeed, last year Fortune reported that two of Nvidia’s C-Suite had become billionaires thanks to the soaring stock of the chipmaker (up 63% over the past year).
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Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
22 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for billionaires
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Nearly 1 million people became millionaires in 2025, largely thanks to a thriving stock market, according to a new report by UBS.
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The young millionaires continued successfully appealing to tweens and teens, many of whom grew up watching the Olsens, and managed to turn their company into a billion-dollar empire, all while attending college at New York University.
Noun
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Then the plutocrats circled their yachts.
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The Titanic is still a subject of worldwide fascination, in part because of the range of passengers aboard the ship, from paupers to plutocrats.
Noun
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Swift, whose net worth surpasses $2 billion, has amassed a fortune that rivals tech founders and venture capitalists.
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Supporters included venture capitalists like Marc Andreessen, LinkedIn founder Reed Hoffman and Laurene Powell Jobs, the Apple founder’s widow.
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“Billionaires.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/billionaires. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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