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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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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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 9 Jan. 2026.
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