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a rich person who has at least a billion dollars, pounds, etc.
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Recent Examples of billionaires
Still, in recent years, the relationship between the two billionaires has cooled.
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Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
Casar’s story touched on a subject close to Sanders’s heart, and not only because the senator dislikes it when billionaires get sweetheart deals.
—Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2026
Pope Leo on Saturday made a day trip to Monaco, a tax-free microstate on the French Riviera known as a haven for billionaires and their luxury yachts, and urged its residents to share their wealth and help those in need.
—Reuters, NBC news, 28 Mar. 2026
America does not belong to strongmen, greedy billionaires, or those who rule through fear.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 28 Mar. 2026
His pro-working-class mantras focused on affordability and child and health care support funded by enforcing corporate tax code while closing loopholes exploited by billionaires registers politically to the left of Thompson, a moderate Democrat.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 27 Mar. 2026
Google co-founder Sergey Brin has contributed, as have tech billionaires Joe Lonsdale and Chris Larsen.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2026
Inside the social science building at UC Berkeley, Professor Eric Schickler holds the key to understanding the potential success of a ballot measure aimed at taxing California's billionaires.
—Brad Hamilton, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
Among the most powerful exponents of this view are billionaires Peter Thiel and Marc Andreessen; both venture capitalists have their own investments in the nuclear energy sector and are influential Trump supporters.
—Avi Asher-Schapiro, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
Casar’s story touched on a subject close to Sanders’s heart, and not only because the senator dislikes it when billionaires get sweetheart deals.
—Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2026
Pope Leo on Saturday made a day trip to Monaco, a tax-free microstate on the French Riviera known as a haven for billionaires and their luxury yachts, and urged its residents to share their wealth and help those in need.
—Reuters, NBC news, 28 Mar. 2026
America does not belong to strongmen, greedy billionaires, or those who rule through fear.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 28 Mar. 2026
His pro-working-class mantras focused on affordability and child and health care support funded by enforcing corporate tax code while closing loopholes exploited by billionaires registers politically to the left of Thompson, a moderate Democrat.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 27 Mar. 2026
Google co-founder Sergey Brin has contributed, as have tech billionaires Joe Lonsdale and Chris Larsen.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2026
Inside the social science building at UC Berkeley, Professor Eric Schickler holds the key to understanding the potential success of a ballot measure aimed at taxing California's billionaires.
—Brad Hamilton, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
Among the most powerful exponents of this view are billionaires Peter Thiel and Marc Andreessen; both venture capitalists have their own investments in the nuclear energy sector and are influential Trump supporters.
—Avi Asher-Schapiro, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for billionaires
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Washington state also recently passed a millionaires' tax, while New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani wants to add a 2% tax on residents who earn over $1 million.—
Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
26 Mar. 2026
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Instead of finding further savings opportunities or implementing cuts, the administration had focused on lobbying the state to implement options like raising income taxes for millionaires and hiking corporate tax rates.—
Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
25 Mar. 2026
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The gaslighting evil plutocrats who want everything own the Federalist Society, Heritage Foundation and other think tanks.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
23 Feb. 2026
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One issue raised by the burgeoning controversy over the California proposal is how to extract a fair share of public revenue from plutocrats, whose wealth has surged higher while their effective tax rates have declined to historically low levels.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2026
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Property Play covers new and evolving opportunities for the real estate investor, from individuals to venture capitalists, private equity funds, family offices, institutional investors and large public companies.—
Diana Olick,
CNBC,
7 Apr. 2026
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But then America’s capitalists discovered the sport’s system of promotion and relegation (glaringly absent in America’s domestic soccer league), which offers clubs the possibility of moving up and down the game’s various divisions.—
Andrés Martinez,
Fortune,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Billionaires.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/billionaires. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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