as in millionaires
a rich person who has at least a billion dollars, pounds, etc.
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Recent Examples of billionaires
Now the billionaires list seems to grow by the week.
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Staff, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2025
There are 450 crypto centimillionaires, or those with crypto holdings of $100 million or more, and 36 crypto billionaires, according to the report.
—Robert Frank, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
West Texas billionaires wade in Wambsganss reported receiving nearly $200,000 in goods and services like mailers and campaign texts from the Texans United for a Conservative Majority PAC, a political action committee started by West Texas oil billionaires and GOP donors Tim Dunn and Faris Wilks.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Oct. 2025
Besides, the vocal advocates for ditching quarterly reporting – mostly small, private-leaning companies or billionaires with a fondness for deregulation – aren’t exactly pleading on behalf of individual investors.
—Richard Torrenzano, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2025
This grotesque miscarriage of justice is almost solely responsible for the influence that billionaires and shadowy Super PACs have exerted on the last three presidential elections, turning our politics into a plaything for the wealthiest Americans.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
Driven by surging tech stocks and fresh investor enthusiasm around AI, the top 10 billionaires collectively added more than $200 billion to their fortunes.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025
The holding was sitting in a Finance Ministry unit created to manage assets seized from billionaires during the 2017 Ritz Carlton corruption purge.
—Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2025
Dark Money shows how a small cadre of right-wing billionaires, with Charles and David Koch at the center, reshaped American politics in the 2010s.
—Zephyr Teachout, The Atlantic, 22 Sep. 2025
Staff, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2025
There are 450 crypto centimillionaires, or those with crypto holdings of $100 million or more, and 36 crypto billionaires, according to the report.
—Robert Frank, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
West Texas billionaires wade in Wambsganss reported receiving nearly $200,000 in goods and services like mailers and campaign texts from the Texans United for a Conservative Majority PAC, a political action committee started by West Texas oil billionaires and GOP donors Tim Dunn and Faris Wilks.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Oct. 2025
Besides, the vocal advocates for ditching quarterly reporting – mostly small, private-leaning companies or billionaires with a fondness for deregulation – aren’t exactly pleading on behalf of individual investors.
—Richard Torrenzano, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2025
This grotesque miscarriage of justice is almost solely responsible for the influence that billionaires and shadowy Super PACs have exerted on the last three presidential elections, turning our politics into a plaything for the wealthiest Americans.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
Driven by surging tech stocks and fresh investor enthusiasm around AI, the top 10 billionaires collectively added more than $200 billion to their fortunes.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025
The holding was sitting in a Finance Ministry unit created to manage assets seized from billionaires during the 2017 Ritz Carlton corruption purge.
—Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2025
Dark Money shows how a small cadre of right-wing billionaires, with Charles and David Koch at the center, reshaped American politics in the 2010s.
—Zephyr Teachout, The Atlantic, 22 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for billionaires
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Sandwiched between giants France and Germany, Luxembourg is the wealthiest country in Europe, and about 15% of its residents are millionaires.—
Vivienne Walt,
Time,
3 Oct. 2025
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Bob is the Dude-like stoner who detests the world's smarmy millionaires.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
23 Sep. 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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Earlier this year, some venture capitalists suggested that startup founders in Europe needed to increase their work hours — including working seven days a week — to be more competitive globally.—
Sawdah Bhaimiya,
CNBC,
11 Oct. 2025
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Indeed, Schiffmann was more prone to citing postmodernist aphorisms and artists than famous venture capitalists and tech founders.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Billionaires.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/billionaires. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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