as in multimillionaire
a rich person who has at least a million dollars, pounds, etc.
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Recent Examples of millionaire
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.
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Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 25 Mar. 2026
Gamage argued the warnings of mass exodus following Massachusetts’ 2022 millionaires’ tax and Washington’s 2021 capital gains tax hadn’t been borne out.
—Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 25 Mar. 2026
Massachusetts has seen an increase in millionaires, rather than a decrease, since the state enacted higher taxes on high earners, according to a report from the progressive Institute for Policy Studies.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
California is full of young people who were transformed into millionaires when crypto went mainstream.
—Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2026
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Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 25 Mar. 2026
Gamage argued the warnings of mass exodus following Massachusetts’ 2022 millionaires’ tax and Washington’s 2021 capital gains tax hadn’t been borne out.
—Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 25 Mar. 2026
Massachusetts has seen an increase in millionaires, rather than a decrease, since the state enacted higher taxes on high earners, according to a report from the progressive Institute for Policy Studies.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
California is full of young people who were transformed into millionaires when crypto went mainstream.
—Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for millionaire
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Jimmy Lai was a multimillionaire, on his way to becoming a billionaire.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
28 Mar. 2026
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Though he was vastly outspent by his two rich Democratic opponents, multimillionaire Al Checchi and then-Rep. Jane Harman, the decision allowed Davis to remain competitive and eventually pay for the statewide ad blitz that is indispensable in California.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Mar. 2026
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Miami’s waterfront may be getting all the buzz, with billionaires moving into Coconut Grove and Indian Creek.—
Catherine Odom,
Miami Herald,
6 Apr. 2026
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Over the next few months, the 54-year-old billionaire will have a unique opportunity to put his money where his mouth is.—
Matthew Lynn,
Washington Post,
6 Apr. 2026
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The businesspeople include a couple of zillionaires.—
Tim Golden,
ProPublica,
30 Dec. 2025
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The robot warriors are coming, and so are the zillionaires, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., warned in a wide-ranging interview with NBC News on the rise and risks of artificial intelligence.—
Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
18 Nov. 2025
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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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“Millionaire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/millionaire. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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