as in millionaire
a rich person who has at least a billion dollars, pounds, etc.
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Recent Examples of billionaire
The billionaires could pay the levy over five years, The Times’ Seema Mehta and Caroline Petrow-Cohen report.
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Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2026
In 2024, Disney beat down a proxy challenge by billionaire activist investor Nelson Peltz, whose Trian Partners ran two candidate for election to the Disney board — himself and former Mouse executive Jay Rasulo, to shake things up.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 12 Jan. 2026
All of them are begging the millionaires and billionaires who have helped build a facility or throw some nice cars at recruits of the past to sustain competitive payrolls.
—Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2026
In my opinion, his billionaire friends are the only ones profiting from his Big Bugly Bill.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2026
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Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2026
In 2024, Disney beat down a proxy challenge by billionaire activist investor Nelson Peltz, whose Trian Partners ran two candidate for election to the Disney board — himself and former Mouse executive Jay Rasulo, to shake things up.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 12 Jan. 2026
All of them are begging the millionaires and billionaires who have helped build a facility or throw some nice cars at recruits of the past to sustain competitive payrolls.
—Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2026
In my opinion, his billionaire friends are the only ones profiting from his Big Bugly Bill.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for billionaire
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The initiative’s drafters question the assumption that millionaires invariably move from high- to low-tax jurisdictions, citing several studies, including one from 2016 based on IRS statistics showing that elites are generally unwilling to move to exploit tax advantages across state lines.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2026
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Mamdani suggested raising state taxes on millionaires and corporations — a proposal Hochul for months voiced opposition to.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
8 Jan. 2026
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In an interview this month, the group’s leadership disavowed interest in private lands, but the value of the public land sought is more than enough to make every member of the group a multimillionaire.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
27 Dec. 2025
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Whether evidence and testimony relating to alleged abuse by Ernest Lorch—the late multimillionaire coach who built the program—after Powell turned 18, and whether jurors hear that the church is a threat to the community, are among the key topics being debated.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
22 Dec. 2025
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Larry Ellison, the Oracle software tycoon and multibillionaire, used to be a keen offshore racer, leading his maxi yacht Sayonara to Line Honors victories in 1995 and in the fateful 1998 race.—
Andrew Rice,
New York Times,
17 Dec. 2025
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Since returning to the White House in January, Trump has pardoned a host of crypto figureheads convicted of white collar offenses, including Changpeng Zhao, the multibillionaire founder of Binance.—
Joel Khalili,
Wired News,
25 Nov. 2025
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One issue raised by the burgeoning controversy over the California proposal is how to extract a fair share of public revenue from plutocrats, whose wealth has surged higher while their effective tax rates have declined to historically low levels.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2026
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The plutocrat and the socialist might sound like an odd pairing.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
1 Jan. 2026
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“Billionaire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/billionaire. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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