as in millionaire
a rich person who has at least a billion dollars, pounds, etc.
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Recent Examples of billionaire
The city’s biggest hook on the billionaire set is a personal income tax that is, practically speaking, optional.
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Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 6 Nov. 2025
The hottest investment among billionaires this year is sports teams.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2025
But his proposal at least threatens to make the city more expensive for both businesses and billionaires in an effort to rein in costs for the rest of the city's residents.
—NPR, 6 Nov. 2025
Zohran Mamdani’s election has billionaires searching for answers.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
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Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 6 Nov. 2025
The hottest investment among billionaires this year is sports teams.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2025
But his proposal at least threatens to make the city more expensive for both businesses and billionaires in an effort to rein in costs for the rest of the city's residents.
—NPR, 6 Nov. 2025
Zohran Mamdani’s election has billionaires searching for answers.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for billionaire
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Mamdani’s plan to raise city income taxes by 2% on millionaires and shift property taxes toward the wealthiest, whitest, and most under-taxed neighborhoods could generate $4 billion a year to fund affordable housing.—
Fahad Zuberi,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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Join millionaire Jay Gatsby in his pursuit of former love, Daisy Buchanan, over the backdrop of lavish parties and social upheaval.—
Caroline Ritzie,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
5 Nov. 2025
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Rupert, on the other hand, instantly pals up with Freddie Jones (played brilliantly by Danny Dyer), an adorable electronics multimillionaire with a broad cockney accent who never tries to hide his working-class roots.—
Jilly Cooper,
Vogue,
7 Oct. 2025
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Mignot’s early spot of the company helped turn him into a multimillionaire by the age of 30.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
18 Sep. 2025
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But Ellison — son of Oracle multibillionaire Larry Ellison — has routinely espoused taking a tech-forward Silicon Valley approach to managing a major media company, by using big data and automation.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
4 Nov. 2025
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Outside analysts say the acquisition figure appears high, but reflects the value that Skydance Media CEO David Ellison and his multibillionaire father Larry Ellison place on Weiss and her news site.—
David Folkenflik,
NPR,
6 Oct. 2025
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While Republicans focus on cozying up to tech plutocrats and removing the barriers around their business models, Democrats could revive the 2020 messaging of candidates like Andrew Yang and Elizabeth Warren.—
Nathan E. Sanders,
Time,
4 Oct. 2025
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As a warning to plutocrats, a guillotine is hard to beat, but its symbolism goes beyond the obvious.—
Paul Kingsnorth,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Billionaire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/billionaire. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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