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jet-setters

noun

plural of jet-setter
as in heiresses

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  1. millionaires
  2. heirs
  3. billionaires
  4. tycoons
Noun
  • The pair found that about three-quarters of these millionaires started their own businesses, while the vast majority didn't inherit money.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Perhaps not surprising, some of these millionaires have stakes in investment firms or medical, dental, or legal practices.
    — Eric Zwick, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of millionaires
Noun
  • Consider establishing a trust or LLC to hold the property for multiple heirs.
    — Mirtha Donastorg, AJC.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • And when wealth falls into their laps, these billionaire heirs are expected to shake things up.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of heirs
Noun
  • Football, after all, provides a level of profile and recognition billionaires don’t get outside their own sector, which can often be a niche.
    — James Horncastle, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026
  • By contrast, Nixon is a clear loud voice against the establishment, big corporations and billionaires and for working people, the poor and minorities.
    — Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of billionaires
Noun
  • For this is the fate of technology tycoons down through history.
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Two notable examples are the East India Company and the US transcontinental railroad, and the various tycoons who built it.
    — Space.com Staff, Space.com, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of tycoons
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