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a wealthy person
capitalists who lost everything in the '29 Crash
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Recent Examples of capitalist
Sara Holdren, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
The film’s portrayal of Kafka as a misunderstood genius stymied by bourgeois capitalist priorities is sympathetic but hardly radical, while its engagement with his actual work is limited, give or take some canny quotation in Marek Epstein’s script.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 20 Sep. 2025
Beth Warren, Nashville Tennessean, 29 Sep. 2025
The apparel mogul went on to sell the revitalized spread to venture capitalist Marc Andreessen for a whopping $177 million, breaking a record for the priciest California home sale at the time.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 24 Sep. 2025
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Noun
The gulf between who Nelson really might be and how an aggregate of cultures—Colombian, American, capitalist, masculine—has molded him is the source of the play’s tragedy.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
The film’s portrayal of Kafka as a misunderstood genius stymied by bourgeois capitalist priorities is sympathetic but hardly radical, while its engagement with his actual work is limited, give or take some canny quotation in Marek Epstein’s script.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 20 Sep. 2025
Adjective
The event drew about 1,200 health care practitioners, industry executives, venture capitalists, medical researchers and tech innovators from across the country, as well as Ireland and England, to the Country Music Hall of Fame in downtown Nashville.
—Beth Warren, Nashville Tennessean, 29 Sep. 2025
The apparel mogul went on to sell the revitalized spread to venture capitalist Marc Andreessen for a whopping $177 million, breaking a record for the priciest California home sale at the time.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 24 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for capitalist
Noun
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Deadline understands that two companies that didn’t make the final three have, in fact, scored separate developments with the streamer.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
26 Sep. 2025
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Hardy led the way in rushing with 138 yards and a have-to-see-it-to-believe-it touchdown.—
Quentin Corpuel,
Kansas City Star,
21 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Gold has long been considered a risk-off asset for investors that can provide refuge during times of economic and political turmoil.—
Kevin Breuninger,Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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David Rosenberg, founder of the economic and market insights firm Rosenberg Research, similarly highlighted flaws with the gauge, including the use of GDP, which includes government sector activity that isn’t tied to corporate profits or future earnings.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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
Adjective
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The plan will allow for limited truck access in some areas for local deliveries, including the West Vernor and Springwells commercial corridors.—
Keith Matheny,
Freep.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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In her lyrics, Swift nods to the road Gallatin Pike, a turnpike for commercial traffic that stretches from East Nashville up through Hendersonville.—
Audrey Gibbs,
Nashville Tennessean,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Is intuitive budgeting effective for saving money?—
Andreina Rodriguez,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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With less money being invested by record labels into touring, that has created a top-heavy artist hierarchy, with the rich getting richer and the poor and middle class falling by the wayside.—
Roy Trakin,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Known as the Uplands Mansion, the palatial home was built in 1917 for the grandson for railroad magnate Charles Crocker.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
29 Sep. 2025
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Putin was portrayed as an unsightly troll, who, by an act of magic—a spell cast by the puppet version of Boris Berezovsky, the magnate who helped engineer his rise to the Presidency—comes to appear beautiful and virtuous, the subject of great adulation and deference.—
Joshua Yaffa,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In fact, the billionaire uses the generative technology to generate meeting summaries, project updates, monitor productivity, and more.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
5 Oct. 2025
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The billionaire however, said that ultimately industrial bubbles could be positive.—
Arjun Kharpal,
CNBC,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Capitalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capitalist. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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