as in millionaire
a rich person who has at least a billion dollars, pounds, etc.
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Recent Examples of billionaire
In March, 2023, Swift took her feminist crusade on the road with the Eras Tour: the highest-grossing tour of all time, which made Swift the first musician to become a billionaire primarily on music earnings.
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Tyler Foggatt, New Yorker, 8 June 2025
The justices also separately reined in orders seeking transparency at DOGE, the team once led by billionaire Elon Musk.
—Arkansas Online, 7 June 2025
Both billionaires went after each other on social media.
—Matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 7 June 2025
The restructuring has been driven in part by the need to find a new home for the remaining functions of the U.S. Agency for International Development, an agency that Trump administration officials and billionaire ally Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency have dismantled.
—Arkansas Online, 30 May 2025
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Tyler Foggatt, New Yorker, 8 June 2025
The justices also separately reined in orders seeking transparency at DOGE, the team once led by billionaire Elon Musk.
—Arkansas Online, 7 June 2025
Both billionaires went after each other on social media.
—Matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 7 June 2025
The restructuring has been driven in part by the need to find a new home for the remaining functions of the U.S. Agency for International Development, an agency that Trump administration officials and billionaire ally Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency have dismantled.
—Arkansas Online, 30 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for billionaire
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One victim, the father of a crypto millionaire, was allegedly held for days in a house south of Paris — and reportedly had a finger severed during the ordeal.—
MacKenzie Sigalos,
CNBC,
7 June 2025
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When asked if any millionaires with a wealth of more than $10 million should pay the tax, 58% of the more than 2,000 millionaire survey participants said yes.—
Katharina Buchholz,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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Yacht owned by biotech millionaire The 2017 Hanse Fjord yacht that Hartley captained is owned by Jonathan Rothberg, a biotech multimillionaire who bought a $23.5-million home on the Venetian Causeway in 2021.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
3 June 2025
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Trump’s initial comment came during a Cabinet meeting last week, surrounded by a number of multimillionaires and one of the richest individuals in the world.—
Al Weaver,
The Hill,
7 May 2025
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For example, multibillionaire CEO Elon Musk, a driving force at DOGE, had incorrectly claimed that SSA is making payments to millions of dead people.—
Jeanne Sahadi,
CNN Money,
6 June 2025
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The partnership between tech multibillionaire Elon Musk and President Trump appears to have hit a new breaking point.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
5 June 2025
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“Billionaire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/billionaire. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.
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