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a wealthy person
capitalists who lost everything in the '29 Crash
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Recent Examples of capitalist
Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 10 Apr. 2025
And this central predicament allows the capitalist to split a worker’s activity into two forms.
—Benjamin Kunkel, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Small farmers and peasants the world over endured dramatic transformations in the twentieth century and were subject to grand and ill-begotten experiments by capitalist and communist states alike.
—Nikil Saval, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
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Noun
The Reuters report cites claims Howery, Thiel, and prominent Silicon Valley venture capitalist Marc Andreesen are amongst the most prominent names backing the Greenland effort.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 10 Apr. 2025
And this central predicament allows the capitalist to split a worker’s activity into two forms.
—Benjamin Kunkel, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
Discovering this, avowed capitalist Nelson Rockefeller asked the artist to change or remove it.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Small farmers and peasants the world over endured dramatic transformations in the twentieth century and were subject to grand and ill-begotten experiments by capitalist and communist states alike.
—Nikil Saval, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for capitalist
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Although college sports have long been characterized by a divide between the ‘haves and have nots’, mid-major basketball programs encounter even greater challenges competing within this evolving landscape due to limited resources and geographical constraints.—
Mark LaSota,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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Children arrive into a trammeling grid of haves and have-nots set up long before their birth, a net that individual struggles serve only to tighten.—
Benjamin Kunkel,
Harpers Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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During periods of economic weakness when lending activity slows, consumers with high credit scores sometimes can take advantage of attractive offers.—
Russ Wiles,
USA Today,
24 Apr. 2025
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Rather than blaming the fed chair for our economic issues, Trump should consider canceling the tariffs.—
Ken Silverstein,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Carriers transporting de minimis items, such as commercial mail agencies UPS and FedEx, must report shipment details to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the White House said April 2.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
2 May 2025
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Most commercial bread is made with preservatives—like calcium propionate and sorbic acid—that deter mold development and extend the product’s shelf life, Bucknavage says.—
Caroline Tien,
SELF,
1 May 2025
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Youngkin in 2021 raised $2.2 million in contributions, but the millionaire investor bolstered his war chest with $5.5million of his own money, according to the Virginia Department of Elections.—
Savannah Kuchar,
USA Today,
21 Apr. 2025
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By juggling school and a job at a lice clinic, one young woman found a way to finance her education Comments Cailin Hawn has worked at a lice clinic for five years in an attempt to make and save money for school.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
People.com,
20 Apr. 2025
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Around the same time, Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff, a real estate magnate who has been heavily involved in the negotiations with Russia, mused about the possibilities for U.S.-Russian collaboration in an interview with the commentator Tucker Carlson.—
Stacie E. Goddard,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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Zuckerberg, who was recently revealed as the buyer of a $23 million mansion with a 10-minute commute to the White House, is but the latest of the Silicon Valley magnates flocking to the area’s high-end homes, making ripples in the luxury real estate market as well as in politics.—
Katie Schultz,
Architectural Digest,
17 Apr. 2025
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Steve Bannon questioned the accounting of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) on Wednesday, while also taking aim at the agency's billionaire leader Elon Musk.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
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The move to shut down the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) comes as part of an unprecedented push by President Donald Trump and his billionaire adviser Musk to shrink the federal government, saying U.S. taxpayer money is misspent.—
Simon Lewis,
USA Today,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Capitalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capitalist. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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