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fat cats

noun

plural of fat cat

as in haves

a wealthy person that last recession was particularly hard on the poor, but the fat cats barely noticed a dip in their bank accounts

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one of high position or importance within a group a candidate that has the backing of most of the party's fat cats

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Recent Examples of fat cats The fat cats in Congress who’ve been making a killing on Wall Street were none too pleased. — Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 26 Feb. 2026 Nah, that's for the fat cats and money-grubbers. — Steph Wagner, CNBC, 1 Jan. 2026 Though many corporations could still afford suites, fat cats high-fiving while their employees lost their jobs and their companies were taking bailouts was a bad look. — John Seabrook, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025

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Noun

Based on the popular video game series, Fallout is the story of haves and have-nots in a world in which there’s almost nothing left to have.

— Glenn Garner, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2026
Keep scrolling to shop our ultimate Thanksgiving hosting guide, featuring cooking essentials, entertaining must haves, table decor and more.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of haves

Noun

The bigs come out a lot to pressure the ball in ball screen coverage.

— Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Nov. 2026
When Ott was in Cleveland, the system often had just one shooting outlet on most plays, relying on the guards’ floater games and the bigs’ vertical spacing over the top.

— Jared Weiss, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of bigs

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The record also states that the boys were wearing heavy wool coats and silk stockings in the middle of summer in Philly.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026
In Girard’s household, at least three women would have mended his silk stockings and other clothes.

— Emily J. Whitted, The Conversation, 29 Apr. 2026

Definition of silk stockings

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The other five finance heavyweights in the group — BlackRock, Brookfield, Blackstone, KKR, and Apollo — either didn’t provide a comment when asked about Nvidia’s troubles, or pointed to Solomon’s remarks.

— Ellen DiMauro, semafor.com, 10 Nov. 2026
Di Girolamo stars alongside Hollywood heavyweights John Malkovich, Sam Rockwell, Steve Buscemi and Parker Posey, and is directed by Oscar winner Martin McDonagh.

— Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 9 Nov. 2026

Definition of heavyweights

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Especially when your polling is no doubt telling you that progressives and anti-capitalists will struggle to trust any billionaire, however seemingly benign.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
Tech Week is in full bloom in San Francisco, packing the city’s restaurants this week with venture capitalists and AI founders ebullient about the White House’s stance on regulating artificial intelligence — namely, don’t do it.

— Garance Burke, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of capitalists

Noun

However, with each Champions League victory crucial to progressing toward the next round, neither would want to rest their big guns, either.

— Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 13 Oct. 2026
After England have raised a glass comes a three-match one-day international series this week when India will welcome back big guns including captain Shubman Gill and legends Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli.

— Paul Newman, New York Times, 12 July 2026

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