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a wealthy person
capitalists who lost everything in the '29 Crash
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Recent Examples of capitalist
Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 28 June 2025
The capitalist assumption that individuals should earn their livelihood through labor doesn't work anymore when machines outperform humans at both speed and cost.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025
Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 16 July 2025
Some 300 capitalists and a socialist are about to work out their problems, or at least try.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 10 July 2025
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Noun
Even the quiet, eyebrow-raising final moments, which suggest that the struggle for economic justice and equality might be utterly pointless, feel less like a philosophy and more like a real-life capitalist desire for more, more, more.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 28 June 2025
The capitalist assumption that individuals should earn their livelihood through labor doesn't work anymore when machines outperform humans at both speed and cost.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025
Adjective
Michael Loeb’s mansion on East 72nd Street looks more like an extension of the Frick than the home where the venture capitalist and his wife, Margie, raised triplets.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 16 July 2025
Some 300 capitalists and a socialist are about to work out their problems, or at least try.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for capitalist
Noun
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In the newest from the author of These Violent Delights, two virtual nations are embroiled in a war between haves and have-nots.—
Rebecca Dazenbaker,
People.com,
15 July 2025
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Medicaid requirements yield a long-term care industry of haves and have-nots, according to Wettstein and others.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
6 July 2025
Adjective
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The shake-up comes as worldwide consumers have cut back amid economic uncertainty as President Donald Trump has launched a stop-and-start trade war with America’s largest trading partners.—
Alexander Coolidge,
The Enquirer,
29 July 2025
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While Ford cited the action as a measure to strengthen liquidity and financial flexibility, economic uncertainty, including tariffs and a potential recession, likely influenced the decision.—
Jamie L. LaReau,
Freep.com,
29 July 2025
Adjective
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But at times, there are so many people wandering around the stage that Anatevka – Tevye’s town – feels more like a bustling commercial neighborhood than a community struggling to survive.—
David Lyman,
The Enquirer,
25 July 2025
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Generac has transferred work from Hidalgo, Mexico to the Beaver Dam plant that builds medium-size commercial generators.—
Rick Barrett,
jsonline.com,
25 July 2025
Noun
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There is real money behind each of these stocks both from the company, investors and short sellers.—
Ricardo Torres,
jsonline.com,
26 July 2025
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The family is raising money on GoFundMe to pay for legal fees.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 July 2025
Noun
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Mimran, the son of billionaire sugar magnate Jean-Claude Mimran, had offered to serve as a third-party guarantor for an untitled ca.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
17 July 2025
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The residence was purchased in the 1970s for just $900,000 by the late radio concert promoter and radio station magnate Ken Roberts, who wound up relinquishing it to the financial services firm New Stream Capital in 2010 to settle a $27.5 million legal claim.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
15 July 2025
Noun
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The billionaire also explored buying Angel City FC and the North Carolina Courage in the NWSL.—
Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
29 July 2025
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Publishing heiress and billionaire philanthropist Wallis Annenberg, a longtime supporter of the arts, wildlife, education and the elderly through her family foundation, died July 28 at her home in Los Angeles.—
Terry Collins,
USA Today,
29 July 2025
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“Capitalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capitalist. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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