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Recent Examples of Croesus 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 As long as the boom proceeded, successful traders became as rich as Croesus. Alan S. Blinder, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2015 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Croesus
Noun
  • Resources might be getting scarcer as the world’s population soars past sustainability tipping points, but the eyes of capitalists will never be cast anywhere else but on their own balance sheets.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
  • Answering this question has been a core aspect of my work over the last decade as a venture capitalist, and my book Out-Innovate (HBR).
    Alex Lazarow, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • Based on the video game from Bethesda Game Studios, Fallout is the story of haves and have-nots in a world in which there’s almost nothing left to have.
    Denise Petski, Deadline, 12 May 2025
  • Although college sports have long been characterized by a divide between the ‘haves and have nots’, mid-major basketball programs encounter even greater challenges competing within this evolving landscape due to limited resources and geographical constraints.
    Mark LaSota, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The owner, a local steel magnate, had a clear philosophy of investing in players with untapped potential.
    Adam Crafton, New York Times, 2 May 2025
  • Listen to this article A dental magnate and the owner of the nation’s largest personal injury law firm are among the financial backers of the effort hoping to lure Major League Baseball to Orlando.
    Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Combs himself might have alluded to a propensity to stash money away in the 1997 hit that helped launch his rapping career after years as a producer and impresario.
    Josh Meyer, USA Today, 15 May 2025
  • The money is deposited into a PA 529 education savings account and is intended to grow over time and can be used for qualified higher education expenses.
    Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025

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“Croesus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Croesus. Accessed 18 May. 2025.

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