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Recent Examples of plutocracy
The turn toward market liberalization around 1980 unleashed a second wave of plutocracy.
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Daniel Waldenstrom, Foreign Affairs, 19 May 2025
American democracy has been hijacked by a one-man plutocracy.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 10 Feb. 2025
Where their influence prevailed, the result was sometimes called plutocracy, or the rule of the rich.
—Ron Elving, NPR, 1 Feb. 2025
While the United States has long been characterized by powerful corporate interests, this direct conversion of political authority into digital assets suggests movement toward a new form of plutocracy, where political power and wealth become increasingly indistinguishable.
—Alexandra Andhov, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
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Daniel Waldenstrom, Foreign Affairs, 19 May 2025
American democracy has been hijacked by a one-man plutocracy.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 10 Feb. 2025
Where their influence prevailed, the result was sometimes called plutocracy, or the rule of the rich.
—Ron Elving, NPR, 1 Feb. 2025
While the United States has long been characterized by powerful corporate interests, this direct conversion of political authority into digital assets suggests movement toward a new form of plutocracy, where political power and wealth become increasingly indistinguishable.
—Alexandra Andhov, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plutocracy
Noun
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Both industrialized what had previously been cottage industries—in Ford’s case, the artisanal carriage trade; in Seabrook’s, market gardening.—
John Seabrook
June 11,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2025
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Once the sale of the North Avenue Market complex was official a few weeks ago, a new arts partnership began envisioning a future for this 1928 landmark where Baltimore’s carriage trade once did their food shopping.—
Jacques Kelly,
Baltimore Sun,
23 Mar. 2024
Noun
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Safer and more efficient batteries For society, such advances mean safer and more efficient batteries that accelerate the transition to clean energy.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 2025
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Any novel about a train is a study of society and its ineradicable divisions.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Dark Renaissance will teach you a great deal about Marlowe’s brilliance and the Elizabethan era—its theater, the aristocracy, the spy craft, and the finer points of drawing and quartering religious dissidents.—
Isaac Butler,
The Atlantic,
3 Nov. 2025
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Last season, the club finished 10th, just shy of the threshold for European competition—the aristocracy of old-world football.—
Mattia Ferraresi,
Air Mail,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The guest list for the event includes senior American politicians and Silicon Valley glitterati, and comes as US officials mull whether to allow Nvidia to sell its cutting-edge Blackwell chips to China.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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At least the glitterati are taking it in their stride, with looks that are nothing short of killer.—
Lauren Sanchez,
Vogue,
26 Oct. 2025
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Even the most incredulous of us listened to him describe the visions of fleeting stars that were enchanting enough to swoon the most beautiful people on this poor Earth.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
30 Oct. 2025
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But the streets will be absolutely flooded with beautiful people on Saturday and from all different faith traditions as well.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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The Rondini sandals, bags, and accessories collected by the international jet set can now be shipped internationally.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
23 Aug. 2025
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Members of Manhattan’s jet set, including designer Zac Posen, editor Derek Blasberg, and stylist Elizabeth Saltzman, turned out in celebration.—
Ian Malone,
Vogue,
10 July 2025
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