millionaire
noun
mil·lion·aire
ˌmi(l)-yə-ˈner 
ˈmi(l)-yə-ˌner
: a person whose wealth is estimated at a million or more (as of dollars or pounds)
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What is known is that no new Black millionaires emerged, and fewer Black construction firms existed after the project than before it.
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Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 12 Jan. 2026
As salaries increased, the state has rolled up operating surpluses for the past seven years as capital gains on Wall Street has generated billions of dollars that are largely paid by millionaires and billionaires in Fairfield County.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 11 Jan. 2026
All of them are begging the millionaires and billionaires who have helped build a facility or throw some nice cars at recruits of the past to sustain competitive payrolls.
—Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2026
Even with modest revenue growth late last year — Illinois collected more than $230 million more in December than the same month the year before — Welch has renewed calls for a surcharge on millionaires, arguing the state still has a structural revenue problem.
—Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 11 Jan. 2026
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Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 12 Jan. 2026
As salaries increased, the state has rolled up operating surpluses for the past seven years as capital gains on Wall Street has generated billions of dollars that are largely paid by millionaires and billionaires in Fairfield County.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 11 Jan. 2026
All of them are begging the millionaires and billionaires who have helped build a facility or throw some nice cars at recruits of the past to sustain competitive payrolls.
—Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2026
Even with modest revenue growth late last year — Illinois collected more than $230 million more in December than the same month the year before — Welch has renewed calls for a surcharge on millionaires, arguing the state still has a structural revenue problem.
—Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 11 Jan. 2026
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millionaire
noun
mil·lion·aire
ˌmil-yə-ˈna(ə)r
-ˈne(ə)r,
ˈmil-yə-ˌna(ə)r,
-ˌne(ə)r
: one whose wealth is estimated at a million or more (as of dollars)
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