zillionaire

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Recent Examples of zillionaire The businesspeople include a couple of zillionaires. Tim Golden, ProPublica, 30 Dec. 2025 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 The platinum blond computer chip zillionaire was no match for 007! EW.com, 24 May 2025 For those who are not zillionaires, this type of planning (still not without risk) could be the mechanism that gets you comfortable taking steps to protect your assets. Martin Shenkman, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025 He’s invited her along on a business trip, to the wilderness retreat of eccentric zillionaire Odell (Richard E. Grant), the head of a hugely lucrative pharmaceuticals company. Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 28 Mar. 2025 The creator of the Hero, a zillionaire tech mogul played by an oily, compelling Walton Goggins, has used his money and copious free time to become a real-life version of his own fictional, authoritarian crime-fighter. Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 6 July 2023 Can a tech zillionaire be funny? Jason Gay, WSJ, 9 May 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for zillionaire
Noun
  • Welcome to the era of vibe-coding millionaires and billionaires.
    Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The money is largely from capital gains taxes from Wall Street profits that were made before the recent downturn and are paid chiefly by millionaires and billionaires in Fairfield County.
    Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 1 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Jimmy Lai was a multimillionaire, on his way to becoming a billionaire.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Mar. 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Gregg, a progressive Texas legislator with national ambitions married to a Musk-esque tech gazillionaire, arrives last in Palm Springs after flying private.
    New York Times, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
  • But then Nathan informs Monty that Ariana won’t sign unless all three families get $1 million each, and the gazillionaire goes nuclear.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 29 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • On Thursday the Sobrato Organization, led by 86-year-old multibillionaire John Sobrato, held a celebration for the opening of The Millton, a 120-unit project in Redwood City.
    J.K. Dineen, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Mar. 2026
  • News broke earlier this week that Howard Schultz, the founder of Starbucks and a multibillionaire, is moving from his long-time home in Washington state to South Florida.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • 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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“Zillionaire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zillionaire. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.

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