as in millionaire
a rich person who has at least a billion dollars, pounds, etc.
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Recent Examples of billionaire
That's right, the commercial spaceflight company that billionaire Elon Musk founded in 2002 is planning to deploy another batch of Starlink internet satellites on its Falcon 9 rocket.
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Eric Lagatta, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2025
With 13 billionaires in attendance and many others worth millions of dollars, the event was easily one of the wealthiest gatherings in the history of the White House.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
The files detail the billionaire’s findings on all of the current and past serial killers he’s been obsessed with.
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 5 Sep. 2025
The billionaire and former timeshare CEO has dropped more than $10 million of his own fortune into his gubernatorial campaign.
—Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2025
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Eric Lagatta, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2025
With 13 billionaires in attendance and many others worth millions of dollars, the event was easily one of the wealthiest gatherings in the history of the White House.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
The files detail the billionaire’s findings on all of the current and past serial killers he’s been obsessed with.
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 5 Sep. 2025
The billionaire and former timeshare CEO has dropped more than $10 million of his own fortune into his gubernatorial campaign.
—Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for billionaire
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Forbes reports that more than 80 percent of US millionaires are business owners, reinforcing business ownership as a foundation of wealth.—
Anne-Lyse Ngatta,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Following the incident, which took place after a match involving Polish tennis star Kamil Majchrzak, internet sleuths quickly identified the man as Piotr Szczerek, the millionaire owner of Drogbruk.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Sep. 2025
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Shark Tank star and multimillionaire investor Kevin O’Leary said collectibles could be an up-and-coming alternative market.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
22 Aug. 2025
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Our boat captain explained that most of these mansions are wintertime vacation homes (second-, third- or tenth-homes) owned by multimillionaires and CEOs.—
Amy Bentley,
Oc Register,
23 July 2025
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The group that owned the Penguins before FSG took over in Dec. 2021, co-led by team icon Mario Lemieux and multibillionaire Ron Burkle, has expressed interest in reacquiring majority control from the current ownership, reaching out through former team CEO and president David Morehouse.—
Rob Rossi,
New York Times,
21 Aug. 2025
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Figuring out what to do with others at Paramount’s cable networks, or even the networks as a whole, will be an early decision for Ellison, son of multibillionaire and Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
26 July 2025
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“Billionaire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/billionaire. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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