as in haves
a wealthy person
if you have to ask the price, you're not the Croesus for whom this palatial yacht is intended
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Because once a workforce splits into AI haves and have-nots, rebuilding organizational trust becomes far harder than deploying technology in the first place.—
Matt Rosenbaum,
Fortune,
29 May 2026 -
Set in the lush forests and fields of northeastern France, this excitingly offbeat first feature from Sarah Arnold depicts a gory factional war between hunters and farmers, haves and have-nots, with one depressed fish-out-of-water gendarme caught in the middle.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2026
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Matthias Balk | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Five years ago, venture capitalists were pouring money into American startups selling everything from lingerie subscriptions to scheduling software, anointing them with billion-dollar valuations before most even turned a profit.—
Hugh Son,
CNBC,
1 June 2026
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This is because, like all New Country capitalists, their mothers believe in Passing the Baton.—
Taiye Selasi,
New Yorker,
31 May 2026
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In Girard’s household, at least three women would have mended his silk stockings and other clothes.—
Emily J. Whitted,
The Conversation,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Croesuses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Croesuses. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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