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Recent Examples of Croesus The temple was built by Croesus, famed for his wealth, about 550 BCE. Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025 Manners is the founder and former Chairman of Croesus Mining, a major gold producer, among a myriad of pursuits that includes his role as Chairman of the Mannkal Economic Education Foundation, a libertarian think tank. John Tamny, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025 Elsa’s father, Ferdinando, was as rich as Croesus but, scandalized by his daughter turning her back on the family’s prim, conservative ways, left her to make a living for herself. Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 5 Aug. 2024 Toyota, with more money than Croesus and more engineers than MIT, ran an F1 team from 2002 to 2009, reportedly spending hundreds of millions of dollars. Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 17 Feb. 2024 The Lydian king Croesus frequently consulted the oracle at Delphi when formulating his bets on chariot races. Evan Allgood, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2021 As long as the boom proceeded, successful traders became as rich as Croesus. Alan S. Blinder, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2015
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Croesus
Noun
  • Property Play covers new and evolving opportunities for the real estate investor, from individuals to venture capitalists, private equity funds, family offices, institutional investors and large public companies.
    Diana Olick, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The result of skilled labor, universities, banks and existing industry bonding together becomes clear in many ways, including, of course, a top layer of entrepreneurs and capitalists owning and deploying billions of Swiss Francs.
    Peter Vanham, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Shoppers will buy the must haves for their kids, but the ‘nice-to-haves’ for themselves?
    Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Deadline understands that two companies that didn’t make the final three have, in fact, scored separate developments with the streamer.
    Peter White, Deadline, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • As a warning to plutocrats, a guillotine is hard to beat, but its symbolism goes beyond the obvious.
    Paul Kingsnorth, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Designer Joe Nahem creatively combined two units at the Continuum South Beach for the late real estate magnate and eight-time Tony-winning Broadway producer Luigi Caiola.
    Mark David, Robb Report, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Known as the Uplands Mansion, the palatial home was built in 1917 for the grandson for railroad magnate Charles Crocker.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Critics of this approach fear that Title I money could eventually be used in ways that undermine public schools — on private school vouchers, for example.
    Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Anthony, for instance, rushed to the bank and withdrew the money demanded and gave it to someone who came to his home.
    Madhusree Mukerjee, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2025

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“Croesus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Croesus. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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