as in multimillionaires
a rich person who has at least a million dollars, pounds, etc.
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Recent Examples of millionaires
Welcome to the era of vibe-coding millionaires and billionaires.
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Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 3 Apr. 2026
The money is largely from capital gains taxes from Wall Street profits that were made before the recent downturn and are paid chiefly by millionaires and billionaires in Fairfield County.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 1 Apr. 2026
Washington state also recently passed a millionaires' tax, while New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani wants to add a 2% tax on residents who earn over $1 million.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
Instead of finding further savings opportunities or implementing cuts, the administration had focused on lobbying the state to implement options like raising income taxes for millionaires and hiking corporate tax rates.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 25 Mar. 2026
Gamage argued the warnings of mass exodus following Massachusetts’ 2022 millionaires’ tax and Washington’s 2021 capital gains tax hadn’t been borne out.
—Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 25 Mar. 2026
Massachusetts has seen an increase in millionaires, rather than a decrease, since the state enacted higher taxes on high earners, according to a report from the progressive Institute for Policy Studies.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
California is full of young people who were transformed into millionaires when crypto went mainstream.
—Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2026
Among Aztecs alums, there are many millionaires and even a number of billionaires.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026
Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 3 Apr. 2026
The money is largely from capital gains taxes from Wall Street profits that were made before the recent downturn and are paid chiefly by millionaires and billionaires in Fairfield County.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 1 Apr. 2026
Washington state also recently passed a millionaires' tax, while New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani wants to add a 2% tax on residents who earn over $1 million.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
Instead of finding further savings opportunities or implementing cuts, the administration had focused on lobbying the state to implement options like raising income taxes for millionaires and hiking corporate tax rates.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 25 Mar. 2026
Gamage argued the warnings of mass exodus following Massachusetts’ 2022 millionaires’ tax and Washington’s 2021 capital gains tax hadn’t been borne out.
—Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 25 Mar. 2026
Massachusetts has seen an increase in millionaires, rather than a decrease, since the state enacted higher taxes on high earners, according to a report from the progressive Institute for Policy Studies.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
California is full of young people who were transformed into millionaires when crypto went mainstream.
—Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2026
Among Aztecs alums, there are many millionaires and even a number of billionaires.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for millionaires
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Khosla’s counter-vision—federal reform that taxes capital more aggressively while relieving the burden on working Americans—is designed to be a policy that billionaires can live with and workers can vote for.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
7 Apr. 2026
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Miami’s waterfront may be getting all the buzz, with billionaires moving into Coconut Grove and Indian Creek.—
Catherine Odom,
Miami Herald,
6 Apr. 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,
7 Apr. 2026
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But then America’s capitalists discovered the sport’s system of promotion and relegation (glaringly absent in America’s domestic soccer league), which offers clubs the possibility of moving up and down the game’s various divisions.—
Andrés Martinez,
Fortune,
2 Apr. 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 8 Apr. 2026.
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