as in have
a wealthy person
capitalists who lost everything in the '29 Crash
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Recent Examples of capitalist
Bradley Tusk,
New York Daily News,
20 June 2026
Tech executives, venture capitalists and business leaders have donated roughly $118 million to a nonprofit called Building a Better California, according to data on the secretary of state’s website.
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Queenie Wong,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
The Atlantic,
16 June 2026
With the games having kicked off, the sport has shown its ineffable power to supplant crass and capitalistic overreach.
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Emily Olsen,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
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Noun
Tusk is a venture capitalist, political strategist and philanthropist.
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Bradley Tusk,
New York Daily News,
20 June 2026
Tech executives, venture capitalists and business leaders have donated roughly $118 million to a nonprofit called Building a Better California, according to data on the secretary of state’s website.
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Queenie Wong,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
Adjective
But the cure is not to demand that one private foundation become the counterweight to three centuries of capitalist common sense.
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The Atlantic,
16 June 2026
With the games having kicked off, the sport has shown its ineffable power to supplant crass and capitalistic overreach.
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Emily Olsen,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for capitalist
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What do stablecoins, Nvidia, gold bars, World Cup tickets and a statue worth $250,000 have in common?
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Private fundraising has long been seen as a way to pad school budgets in wealthier communities, usually to pay for nice-to-haves, such as field trips and student clubs.
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Chism took the role of economic development director in 2024 after the role was vacant for two years.
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Was came from a working-class industrial city, making music reflective of Detroit’s technological upheaval and economic neglect.
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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.
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Gil was trapped beneath more than 100 tons of rubble after the partial collapse of the Galerias Playa Grande commercial center, which includes buildings nine and four stories tall.
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Drivers should avoid off-road detours or unpaved shortcuts suggested by map apps, as those routes can be dangerous and unsuitable for passenger and commercial vehicles, state officials said.
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For the superstar whose private jet is tracked, whose every appearance is documented and whose movements become global headlines within minutes, an arena transformed into a private world may be the closest thing to privacy that money can buy.
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Multiple network insiders said Tuesday afternoon that no clear front-runner has emerged for James, but that money will not drive the decision.
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French and Ukrainian media reported that a Ukrainian magnate and his family were those injured.
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Jolie balked at the term and struck a $64 million deal with the billionaire alcohol magnate, Yuri Shefler.
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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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General Atlantic was founded in 1980 by the late billionaire philanthropist Chuck Feeney, who cofounded Duty Free Shoppers with Robert Miller.
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“Capitalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capitalist. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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