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)
Examples of millionaire in a Sentence
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In recent years, chatter on the ground in Park City said that in a post-pandemic world, reclusive millionaires and hardcore skiers are tired of the annual Hollywood shuffle the town has to endure.
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Matt Donnelly, Variety, 17 Apr. 2024
The number of millionaires living on the world’s second-largest continent is set to rise by 65 percent over the next 10 years, according to the 2024 Africa Wealth Report by Henley & Partners.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 17 Apr. 2024
City Supervisor Dean Preston—San Francisco’s resident socialist millionaire—regularly blames the city’s housing crisis on capitalism.
—Christopher Calton, Orange County Register, 16 Apr. 2024
The program is rife with fraud and has deviated far from its intended purpose as a job-creation program, becoming mostly a method for millionaires from China and other places to become permanent residents.
—Matt Pottinger, Foreign Affairs, 10 Apr. 2024
The top rate is 13.3% for millionaires, though lower income residents pay a much smaller percentage of their qualifying earnings in tax.
—Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 8 Apr. 2024
As a travel writer who is far from millionaire status, packing for a trip this luxe, with stops at islands like St. Barts and Antigua, was a little intimidating.
—Becca Blond, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2024
For example, by making the income of millionaires and billionaires subject to Social Security tax–a simple change that could address as much as 90% of the shortfall.
—Randi Weingarten, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2024
The instant millionaires and billionaires and unicorns pretty much lived elsewhere.
—Leif Wenar, WIRED, 2 Apr. 2024
Matt Donnelly, Variety, 17 Apr. 2024
The number of millionaires living on the world’s second-largest continent is set to rise by 65 percent over the next 10 years, according to the 2024 Africa Wealth Report by Henley & Partners.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 17 Apr. 2024
City Supervisor Dean Preston—San Francisco’s resident socialist millionaire—regularly blames the city’s housing crisis on capitalism.
—Christopher Calton, Orange County Register, 16 Apr. 2024
The program is rife with fraud and has deviated far from its intended purpose as a job-creation program, becoming mostly a method for millionaires from China and other places to become permanent residents.
—Matt Pottinger, Foreign Affairs, 10 Apr. 2024
The top rate is 13.3% for millionaires, though lower income residents pay a much smaller percentage of their qualifying earnings in tax.
—Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 8 Apr. 2024
As a travel writer who is far from millionaire status, packing for a trip this luxe, with stops at islands like St. Barts and Antigua, was a little intimidating.
—Becca Blond, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2024
For example, by making the income of millionaires and billionaires subject to Social Security tax–a simple change that could address as much as 90% of the shortfall.
—Randi Weingarten, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2024
The instant millionaires and billionaires and unicorns pretty much lived elsewhere.
—Leif Wenar, WIRED, 2 Apr. 2024
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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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