billionaires

plural of billionaire

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Recent Examples of billionaires Chinese consumer brands that went public over the past year or so initially drew strong investor interest until a string of artificial-intelligence companies made their debuts, stealing their thunder and minting new billionaires. Dave Sebastian, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026 Those offerings could mint a number of fresh billionaires and scores of millionaires. Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2026 What to Watch for Political giving is likely to only ramp up as the election draws near, and billionaires could still pour additional millions into top races. Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026 Bezos previously said that Mamdani was creating a villain of billionaires. Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026 The tax’s main sponsor, SEIU-United Healthworkers West, argued the proposition is clearly targeted at billionaires and no one else. Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2026 The centerpiece is Proposition 40, which would levy a 5% tax on the personal wealth of about 200 California billionaires, mostly to bolster healthcare programs. Dan Walters, Mercury News, 27 Aug. 2026 With the volatile stock market generating huge gains in recent years for Connecticut’s millionaires and billionaires, residents at the other end of the economic spectrum are struggling. Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 23 Aug. 2026 While tech billionaires such as Elon Musk and Marc Andreessen may see empathy and introspection as weaknesses, those traits are the beating heart of literature and art, the wellspring of creativity and human connection. Billy J. Stratton, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for billionaires
Noun
  • Those offerings could mint a number of fresh billionaires and scores of millionaires.
    Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Giannoulias acknowledged that his path to balancing the budget requires new revenue that would need to go through Springfield, such as a 3% tax on millionaires.
    Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 27 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
  • The prevalence of tech firms as hotspots for talent signals a wider boom amid Australia’s startup scene, which in recent years has been attracting attention and investments from venture capitalists.
    Charlotte Hu, Time, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Venture capitalists are quickly adopting AI for tasks like sourcing and research, with firms leveraging it to structure meeting notes and manage institutional memory.
    Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026

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“Billionaires.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/billionaires. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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