as in multimillionaires
a rich person who has at least a million dollars, pounds, etc.
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Recent Examples of millionaires
Massachusetts has been at the forefront of the debate over taxing millionaires after voters passed the Fair Share Amendment in 2022, a ballot measure that added a surtax for those claiming more than $1 million in income.
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Gordon Ebanks, CNN Money, 17 Feb. 2026
At the state level, 16 states and the District of Columbia do collect estate or inheritance taxes, according to the Tax Foundation, sometimes with lower exemptions than the IRS, but still at thresholds targeting millionaires.
—Matt Sedensky, Fortune, 16 Feb. 2026
With its many millionaires and casinos, it has been called the Monaco of Asia as well as the Vegas of China.
—Annabelle Dufraigne, Architectural Digest, 15 Feb. 2026
Too often, decisions reflect the priorities of political insiders, billionaires, and millionaires instead of the people who rely on these resources every day.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
The Republican tax plan is affordable, senators said, because Wall Street has been booming with capital gains that have filled the state coffers through the state income tax from stock traders that include millionaires and billionaires in Fairfield County.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 11 Feb. 2026
Henley & Partners estimates that the UAE saw a net inflow of 9,800 millionaires last year, the largest of any country globally.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2026
While millionaires like Mills are getting massive tax cuts, ordinary Americans are losing access to health care.
—Jj Holmes, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2026
But Vanguard researchers see worrying signs in how hidden millionaires manage their money.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 5 Feb. 2026
Gordon Ebanks, CNN Money, 17 Feb. 2026
At the state level, 16 states and the District of Columbia do collect estate or inheritance taxes, according to the Tax Foundation, sometimes with lower exemptions than the IRS, but still at thresholds targeting millionaires.
—Matt Sedensky, Fortune, 16 Feb. 2026
With its many millionaires and casinos, it has been called the Monaco of Asia as well as the Vegas of China.
—Annabelle Dufraigne, Architectural Digest, 15 Feb. 2026
Too often, decisions reflect the priorities of political insiders, billionaires, and millionaires instead of the people who rely on these resources every day.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
The Republican tax plan is affordable, senators said, because Wall Street has been booming with capital gains that have filled the state coffers through the state income tax from stock traders that include millionaires and billionaires in Fairfield County.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 11 Feb. 2026
Henley & Partners estimates that the UAE saw a net inflow of 9,800 millionaires last year, the largest of any country globally.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2026
While millionaires like Mills are getting massive tax cuts, ordinary Americans are losing access to health care.
—Jj Holmes, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2026
But Vanguard researchers see worrying signs in how hidden millionaires manage their money.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 5 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for millionaires
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The proposal has already led some billionaires to deepen ties with other states, notably PayPal and Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel, who opened a new office in Miami at the end of last year.—
Gordon Ebanks,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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Ken Griffin and Stephen Ross, among the highest-profile billionaires to move to South Florida during the pandemic, recently started bankrolling a new campaign to get others to follow in their footsteps.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
17 Feb. 2026
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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,
11 Feb. 2026
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The once-esoteric field is now attracting tech bros, venture capitalists and philanthropists like Bill Gates.—
Frances Stead Sellers,
Washington Post,
7 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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America’s modern-day plutocrats, this bracing book contends, enjoy a similar privilege.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2025
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“Millionaires.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/millionaires. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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