as in millionaire
a rich person who has at least a billion dollars, pounds, etc.
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Recent Examples of billionaire
The tax, which would impose a one-time 5% tax on the net worth of billionaires in the state, has triggered an onslaught of spending and counterproposals by a group of Bay Area billionaires to stop it.
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Grace Hase, Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, the tech billionaires (who will profit handsomely from AI) are all lining up behind MAGA.
—Matt K. Lewis, Twin Cities, 12 Apr. 2026
State contracts helped turn the prime minister’s childhood friend, once a gas retrofitter, into a billionaire, but salaries for everyday Hungarians have languished at less than half the EU average.
—Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Atlantic, 12 Apr. 2026
The private orbital mission will bring billionaire Jared Isaacman to space for a second time after 2021′s Inspiration4 mission.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2026
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Grace Hase, Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, the tech billionaires (who will profit handsomely from AI) are all lining up behind MAGA.
—Matt K. Lewis, Twin Cities, 12 Apr. 2026
State contracts helped turn the prime minister’s childhood friend, once a gas retrofitter, into a billionaire, but salaries for everyday Hungarians have languished at less than half the EU average.
—Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Atlantic, 12 Apr. 2026
The private orbital mission will bring billionaire Jared Isaacman to space for a second time after 2021′s Inspiration4 mission.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for billionaire
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While there’s slightly more migration to Florida than New York, skilled professionals and early-career workers—though perhaps less wealthy and influential than their millionaire counterparts—still prefer the Big Apple to the Sunshine State.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
8 Apr. 2026
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Their case was the bizarre kidnapping of another Miami millionaire.—
Troy Roberts,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
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In 1998, Democratic multimillionaire Al Checchi who had been the co-chair of Northwest Airlines spent $40 million of his wealth on an unsuccessful run for governor, also a record at the time.—
Seema Mehta,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Apr. 2026
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Jimmy Lai was a multimillionaire, on his way to becoming a billionaire.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
28 Mar. 2026
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Greth, a multibillionaire, is the daughter of the late oil and gas mogul Autry Stephens.—
Emily Brindley,
Dallas Morning News,
1 Apr. 2026
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On Thursday the Sobrato Organization, led by 86-year-old multibillionaire John Sobrato, held a celebration for the opening of The Millton, a 120-unit project in Redwood City.—
J.K. Dineen,
San Francisco Chronicle,
19 Mar. 2026
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The gaslighting evil plutocrats who want everything own the Federalist Society, Heritage Foundation and other think tanks.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
23 Feb. 2026
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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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“Billionaire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/billionaire. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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