billionaires

plural of billionaire

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Recent Examples of billionaires But 5 miles outside of the historic downtown, workers are building a first-of-its-kind nuclear power plant backed by billionaires Bill Gates and Warren Buffett. Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2026 There is a reason why the super PACs and the billionaires are flooding Minnesota with all kinds of money, same thing as Michigan. CBS News, 9 Aug. 2026 Kiros gets on the mic and gives a fiery stump speech about billionaires and corporations trying to silence their movement. Josh Eells, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2026 Smith liked Steyer’s promise to increase taxes on billionaires and his refusal to accept donations from corporate political action committees. Sophie Austin, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026 Both companies are known to have high-profile clients, including billionaires and celebrities. Doug Gollan, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 The show’s theme was a stark contrast to the billionaires who had been sitting front row at other fashion week shows. Beatrice Dupuy, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026 Save that for the millionaires and billionaires, not guys like myself. David Hookstead Outkick, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2026 Other West Coast billionaires that bought multimillion-dollar homes in Miami-Dade around the same time included Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, as well as Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 1 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for billionaires
Noun
  • And the rank-and-file, which contains a significant number of millionaires, are not afraid to employ the language of class struggle.
    Diego Lasarte, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Save that for the millionaires and billionaires, not guys like myself.
    David Hookstead OutKick, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Not to mention a conga line of billionaire tech, real-estate, and finance plutocrats paying feasance to a faux populist in exchange for contracts, pardons, and sundry favors.
    Graydon Carter, Air Mail, 4 July 2026
  • Then the plutocrats circled their yachts.
    Gary Sernovitz, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
Noun
  • If enough people are angry at the greedy capitalists and find a rationale to blame them for their woes, the idea of socialism becomes more attractive.
    Mike Patton, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Other aides and crony capitalists in his circles are of a similar age.
    Julian G. Waller, Foreign Affairs, 7 Aug. 2026

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“Billionaires.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/billionaires. Accessed 12 Aug. 2026.

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