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a wealthy person
capitalists who lost everything in the '29 Crash
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Recent Examples of capitalist
Andrés Martinez, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2026
Pritzker, then a billionaire venture capitalist but not yet a politician, chaired the $50 million capital campaign to fund the current Holocaust museum in Skokie, and in so doing worked closely with Harris.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026
Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2026
Why is that a capitalist enterprise?
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Mar. 2026
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Noun
But then America’s capitalists discovered the sport’s system of promotion and relegation (glaringly absent in America’s domestic soccer league), which offers clubs the possibility of moving up and down the game’s various divisions.
—Andrés Martinez, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2026
Pritzker, then a billionaire venture capitalist but not yet a politician, chaired the $50 million capital campaign to fund the current Holocaust museum in Skokie, and in so doing worked closely with Harris.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026
Adjective
Fink’s take on the shifting nature of capitalist sentiment is echoed by research into the American Dream.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2026
Why is that a capitalist enterprise?
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for capitalist
Noun
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Scroll on to shop these bug-blasting must haves and more!—
Casey DelBasso,
ABC News,
3 Apr. 2026
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But now the athletic company will have to contend with a new war in the Middle East that’s already led to rising gas prices and is expected to send consumer prices even higher, which could push shoppers to cut back on nice-to-haves like new clothes and shoes to save money elsewhere.—
Gabrielle Fonrouge,Jessica Golden,Jacob Pramuk,
CNBC,
31 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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This will help promote housing stability and economic mobility.—
Chase Jordan
April 7,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Apr. 2026
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Over the next year, more than three million people will go door-to-door, traveling through megacities and remote villages, to tally up every household and resident of India – and collect data on their social and economic characteristics.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
7 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The gaslighting evil plutocrats who want everything own the Federalist Society, Heritage Foundation and other think tanks.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
23 Feb. 2026
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One issue raised by the burgeoning controversy over the California proposal is how to extract a fair share of public revenue from plutocrats, whose wealth has surged higher while their effective tax rates have declined to historically low levels.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Public transport systems have struggled to keep up, creating demand for commercial motorcycles and auto-rickshaws.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2026
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Lee, who has had a basic commercial license to operate fireworks since 2011, was responsible for site storage, product safety and security for the company’s public shows.—
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
10 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In addition to hiring ambassadors, money will also go toward adding staffers in the security operations center, which collects feeds from more than 2,000 cameras, and security guards who are typically law enforcement.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
7 Apr. 2026
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Flipcause, based in California, was used by thousands of nonprofits nationwide to process online donations, allowing money to be collected on the platform before being transferred to individual organizations.—
Kelly Werthmann,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In a pink, chandeliered room in the Gilded Age mansion of a dead steel magnate, the past and present melded in a manner that was both unsettling and affirming.—
Emilia Petrarca,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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Adelson is the widow of casino magnate Sheldon Adelson and is a physician, philanthropist, and major GOP donor.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Miami’s waterfront may be getting all the buzz, with billionaires moving into Coconut Grove and Indian Creek.—
Catherine Odom,
Miami Herald,
6 Apr. 2026
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Over the next few months, the 54-year-old billionaire will have a unique opportunity to put his money where his mouth is.—
Matthew Lynn,
Washington Post,
6 Apr. 2026
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“Capitalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capitalist. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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