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capitalists who lost everything in the '29 Crash
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Recent Examples of capitalist
Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
As such, we’re introduced to a band of serial killers seemingly recruited by Peter Dinklage’s new character, Leon Prater, a billionaire venture capitalist.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 31 May 2025
Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 31 May 2025
Of all the grim capitalist crimes against American animals (and there is competition), among them are the 1840s extinction of our northern hemisphere penguin, the great auk, and an 1886 sale in London of the skins of 400,000 American hummingbirds.
—Dan Flores, Time, 29 May 2025
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Noun
Now Vice-President J. D. Vance, the Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel, and the venture capitalist Marc Andreessen are among his most prominent fans.
—Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
As such, we’re introduced to a band of serial killers seemingly recruited by Peter Dinklage’s new character, Leon Prater, a billionaire venture capitalist.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 31 May 2025
Adjective
In an appropriately capitalist twist, some of those regime-boosters, like Henry Kissinger, were employed as consultants by that regime.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 31 May 2025
Of all the grim capitalist crimes against American animals (and there is competition), among them are the 1840s extinction of our northern hemisphere penguin, the great auk, and an 1886 sale in London of the skins of 400,000 American hummingbirds.
—Dan Flores, Time, 29 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for capitalist
Noun
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Indeed, some are worried that the world will divide into the AGI haves and AGI have-nots, partially due to the exorbitant cost that AGI might involve.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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Charting a divided league’s haves and have-nots Ranking the top 25 college football teams: Who’s biggest winner after the spring portal window?—
The Athletic UK Staff,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
Adjective
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As a result of a global economic slowdown, communication agencies are getting savvy in how to marshal their resources.—
Hikmat Mohammed,
Footwear News,
9 June 2025
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Luz Aguilar, 26, who serves as Jurado’s deputy for economic innovation and community growth, was arrested around 7 p.m. Sunday and booked several hours later, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department inmate records.—
David Zahniser,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
Adjective
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The Sundays is a 59-room boutique hotel perched on Hamilton Island, the only one in the Whitsundays with its own commercial airport and direct service from Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane.—
Alli Forde,
Travel + Leisure,
6 June 2025
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The budget request proposed transitioning to cheaper commercial systems – with the chief candidates expected to provide them being SpaceX and Blue Origin.—
Jeremy Bogaisky,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
Noun
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So, for an organisation struggling to find the money needed to make English football’s grassroots facilities green and pleasant once more, Khan’s offer was timely and tempting.—
Matt Slater,
New York Times,
7 June 2025
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The film’s most frightening scene is a fight between Claire and her mom, when the manipulative young woman tries every tactic imaginable to extort money from Kate, from tearing out her hair to kidnapping Cooper.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
7 June 2025
Noun
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This group includes finance mogul Stephen Smith, car dealership billionaire Norman Braman, industrial business magnate Harsh Goenka, homebuilder Patrick Neal and five anonymous respondents.—
Phoebe Liu,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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Lauder, a billionaire, philanthropist and son of the makeup magnate Estée Lauder, founded the initiative in 2022 as a way to increase access to Jewish day schools in America.—
Lois K. Solomon,
Sun Sentinel,
3 June 2025
Noun
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The contentious professional relationship between billionaire Elon Musk and President Donald Trump has seemingly come to an end.—
Maria Gracia Santillana Linares,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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For billionaires and business moguls, summertime means interrupting trips to Portofino by gassing up the corporate jet and heading to Idaho for Allen & Co.’s annual leadership retreat in Sun Valley.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
10 June 2025
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“Capitalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capitalist. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.
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