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Recent Examples of Ponzi scheme
Maybe Musk should ask if all forms of insurance are a Ponzi scheme.
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 1 Apr. 2025
Like every Ponzi scheme, it was doomed.
—David Segal, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Musk has also referred to Social Security as the biggest Ponzi scheme of all time.
—Alex Gangitano, The Hill, 14 Mar. 2025
Musk has described the program as a Ponzi scheme lousy with fraud, and has repeated a conspiracy theory that undocumented immigrants receive payments.
—Emily Peck, Axios, 13 Mar. 2025
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 1 Apr. 2025
Like every Ponzi scheme, it was doomed.
—David Segal, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Musk has also referred to Social Security as the biggest Ponzi scheme of all time.
—Alex Gangitano, The Hill, 14 Mar. 2025
Musk has described the program as a Ponzi scheme lousy with fraud, and has repeated a conspiracy theory that undocumented immigrants receive payments.
—Emily Peck, Axios, 13 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for Ponzi scheme
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Ponzi scheme
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Among them, pyramid schemes, membership fee fakes, credit repair cons, dubious health offers, fictitious diploma schools and illegitimate gaming services.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2025
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Mia Love, Daughter of Haitian Immigrants, Will Be GOP's First Black Woman in Congress Love served two terms in the House of Representatives and notably worked on bills focused on banking regulation, pyramid schemes and immigration.—
Meredith Kile,
People.com,
24 Mar. 2025
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“Ponzi scheme.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Ponzi%20scheme. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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