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a rich person who has at least a million dollars, pounds, etc.
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Recent Examples of millionaires
More billionaires and millionaires are being created in Silicon Valley today.
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Rebecca Schneid, Time, 8 Mar. 2026
For the first few years of its implementation, the NIL era has been mostly characterized by institutions and sponsors falling all over themselves to help create a new class of multi-millionaires – even before most of them are of legal drinking age.
—Dallas Morning News, 8 Mar. 2026
As New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s tax-the-rich plans spark backlash among New York’s wealthy, at least one cohort of millionaires is fully supportive of his policies.
—Nacha Cattan, Bloomberg, 6 Mar. 2026
So exclusive are the Grenadines that islands like Mustique and Canouan are even known for being where billionaires go to escape millionaires.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 3 Mar. 2026
Helena Foulkes is joining the push to raise income taxes on Rhode Island millionaires, and proposes using the extra money to overhaul the state's programs for financing affordable housing.
—Patrick Anderson, The Providence Journal, 2 Mar. 2026
Connecticut’s annual budget has been balanced partly by a relative handful of millionaires and billionaires who disproportionately fill the state coffers.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 1 Mar. 2026
Day's campaign has spent modestly in the race, and claims millionaires are trying to buy the seat.
—Steven Rosenbaum, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2026
If autonomous vehicles take over the streets, thousands of us will be left competing for fewer and fewer jobs with no transition plan and no safety net, not to mention that the people who will benefit most from Waymo in Illinois are millionaires in Silicon Valley.
—Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
Rebecca Schneid, Time, 8 Mar. 2026
For the first few years of its implementation, the NIL era has been mostly characterized by institutions and sponsors falling all over themselves to help create a new class of multi-millionaires – even before most of them are of legal drinking age.
—Dallas Morning News, 8 Mar. 2026
As New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s tax-the-rich plans spark backlash among New York’s wealthy, at least one cohort of millionaires is fully supportive of his policies.
—Nacha Cattan, Bloomberg, 6 Mar. 2026
So exclusive are the Grenadines that islands like Mustique and Canouan are even known for being where billionaires go to escape millionaires.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 3 Mar. 2026
Helena Foulkes is joining the push to raise income taxes on Rhode Island millionaires, and proposes using the extra money to overhaul the state's programs for financing affordable housing.
—Patrick Anderson, The Providence Journal, 2 Mar. 2026
Connecticut’s annual budget has been balanced partly by a relative handful of millionaires and billionaires who disproportionately fill the state coffers.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 1 Mar. 2026
Day's campaign has spent modestly in the race, and claims millionaires are trying to buy the seat.
—Steven Rosenbaum, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2026
If autonomous vehicles take over the streets, thousands of us will be left competing for fewer and fewer jobs with no transition plan and no safety net, not to mention that the people who will benefit most from Waymo in Illinois are millionaires in Silicon Valley.
—Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for millionaires
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Last December, a large coterie of Silicon Valley billionaires descended upon Miami to attend Art Basel, the ritzy, contemporary art fair that marks the end of the moneyed set’s yearly social calendar.—
Stacy Perman,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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Forbes' latest ranking of the world's richest people has been released, and the list features billionaires with ties to the Pittsburgh area.—
Michael Guise,
CBS News,
11 Mar. 2026
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One of the most influential venture capitalists in Silicon Valley says the tradition of a four-year college education is up in the air.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 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,
3 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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“Millionaires.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/millionaires. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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