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a wealthy person
capitalists who lost everything in the '29 Crash
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Recent Examples of capitalist
Iain Martin, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Mahan has already elicited early support among wealthy venture capitalists and tech industry leaders, who would be able to bankroll a formidable campaign.
—Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
Hari Kunzru, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Efficiency is of utmost value in a capitalist world where growth and productivity are the primary motivations for anything.
—New Atlas, 23 Jan. 2026
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Noun
Pens, tablets and even laptops have disappeared from meetings with venture capitalists over the last year.
—Iain Martin, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Mahan has already elicited early support among wealthy venture capitalists and tech industry leaders, who would be able to bankroll a formidable campaign.
—Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
Adjective
The engineers of the City of London seem to have been engaged in a collective hallucination, bringing the capitalist future into being out of the ether.
—Hari Kunzru, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Efficiency is of utmost value in a capitalist world where growth and productivity are the primary motivations for anything.
—New Atlas, 23 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for capitalist
Noun
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Shop the Pre-Season Sales Now is the perfect time to shop for your plant-must haves—most gardening retailers offer early bird sales to get consumers excited for the season ahead.—
Ashley Chalmers,
The Spruce,
8 Feb. 2026
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America’s economy is increasingly one of haves and have-nots.—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
4 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Investors don’t want to inadvertently cheer on weakening job growth that could negatively impact consumer spending and economic growth, hurting stock prices.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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The legislative package could prove to be one of the most significant economic measures passed this Congress.—
Zach Halaschak,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Feb. 2026
Noun
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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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The plutocrat and the socialist might sound like an odd pairing.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
1 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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As the pool of qualified commercial drivers shrinks, the cost of transporting goods across the state will inevitably rise.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 Feb. 2026
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The video was generated by Ruairi Robinson, an Irish film and commercial maker.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Karen Powers overheard the adjuster accusing her husband and brother of having failed to perform work with the money that State Farm had issued on the earlier claim.—
J.C. Hallman,
Oklahoman,
10 Feb. 2026
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Cathy is also a woman feeling the pressure of getting married, ideally to a dude with money.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
10 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Schitt’s Creek follows rich video-store magnate Johnny Rose (Eugene Levy), his soap-star wife Moira (O’Hara), and their two kids, son David (Dan Levy) and socialite daughter Alexis (Annie Murphy).—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
6 Feb. 2026
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The announcement comes nearly a decade after news broke of business magnate David Geffen’s record-high $150-million donation toward the construction of a new museum building to be designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Peter Zumthor.—
Malia Mendez,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Musk’s apparent pivot to focusing on the moon comes as the tech billionaire – whose companies receive huge government contracts – has taken a far more vocal stance on politics than in years past.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
9 Feb. 2026
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Utemuratov, the Kazakh billionaire who has used his wealth to try to turn the country into a force in tennis, has spent much of the past two decades funding the construction of tennis centers.—
James Hansen,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Capitalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capitalist. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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