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a wealthy person
capitalists who lost everything in the '29 Crash
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Recent Examples of capitalists
And the economic importance of LEO, Pringle added, is far more than just the financial boom that venture capitalists are beginning to envision.
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Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 21 Mar. 2026
California state senator Scott Wiener, who’s drawn the ire of Silicon Valley for his bills regulating AI, has come out with a new bill that some venture capitalists are actually supporting.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 20 Mar. 2026
Until then, smuggling weed had been a grand adventure, an escape from a society that had just thrown Prager’s generation into a meat grinder in Vietnam, a repudiation of the crooked politicians and backward preachers and greedy capitalists who were running the world.
—Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2026
Property Play covers new and evolving opportunities for the real estate investor, from individuals to venture capitalists, private equity funds, family offices, institutional investors and large public companies.
—Diana Olick, CNBC, 17 Mar. 2026
Whether the club is owned by its members, or by American venture capitalists, or a Middle East nation state, what supporters really want is for the team to win on the pitch.
—Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
Venture capitalists come in all sizes and flavors so damning with a broad brush is unreasonable and inaccurate.
—Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
Habib’s inbox filled with requests for new features as well as messages from venture capitalists looking to spin up World Monitor into a full-time business.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2026
Venture capitalists are known for doing their due diligence.
—Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 12 Mar. 2026
Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 21 Mar. 2026
California state senator Scott Wiener, who’s drawn the ire of Silicon Valley for his bills regulating AI, has come out with a new bill that some venture capitalists are actually supporting.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 20 Mar. 2026
Until then, smuggling weed had been a grand adventure, an escape from a society that had just thrown Prager’s generation into a meat grinder in Vietnam, a repudiation of the crooked politicians and backward preachers and greedy capitalists who were running the world.
—Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2026
Property Play covers new and evolving opportunities for the real estate investor, from individuals to venture capitalists, private equity funds, family offices, institutional investors and large public companies.
—Diana Olick, CNBC, 17 Mar. 2026
Whether the club is owned by its members, or by American venture capitalists, or a Middle East nation state, what supporters really want is for the team to win on the pitch.
—Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
Venture capitalists come in all sizes and flavors so damning with a broad brush is unreasonable and inaccurate.
—Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
Habib’s inbox filled with requests for new features as well as messages from venture capitalists looking to spin up World Monitor into a full-time business.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2026
Venture capitalists are known for doing their due diligence.
—Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 12 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for capitalists
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The window to act — before the gap between AI haves and have-nots becomes unbridgeable — is closing fast.—
Sha Rabii,
Fortune,
19 Mar. 2026
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The financial gap between the NCAA’s haves and have-nots is growing wider every year, and new player pay/mobility have further allowed schools like Alabama to flex their advantages.—
Scott Soshnick,
Sportico.com,
19 Mar. 2026
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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
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“Capitalists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capitalists. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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