plutocrat

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Recent Examples of plutocrat The provenance of an otherwise unknown plutocrat probably does not. Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 5 Aug. 2026 His father, Richard, a plutocrat who offers him a job at his company, is equally distressing. Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026 The issue is the policy infrastructure that allows people like Musk to become not rich, not super-rich, but plutocrat-rich. Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026 Not to mention a conga line of billionaire tech, real-estate, and finance plutocrats paying feasance to a faux populist in exchange for contracts, pardons, and sundry favors. Graydon Carter, Air Mail, 4 July 2026 Then the plutocrats circled their yachts. Gary Sernovitz, New Yorker, 15 June 2026 The Titanic is still a subject of worldwide fascination, in part because of the range of passengers aboard the ship, from paupers to plutocrats. Jill Lawless, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2026 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plutocrat
Noun
  • Kushner, a venture capitalist, and former Walt Disney Company CEO Iger had been working together on landing a possible NBA expansion team for Las Vegas.
    Greg Beacham, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Iger and Josh Kushner, the venture capitalist who founded Thrive Capital, are buying the team from Mark Walter, who purchased a controlling stake from the Buss family just 14 months ago at a $10 billion valuation, making Walter’s return roughly 21%.
    Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Control is exercised through shell companies and tax haves in Switzerland led by front men who are dual nationals of Iran residing abroad.
    Natasha Lindstaedt, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • In a dwindling list of haves, the SEC very much remains a powerbroker.
    Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
Noun
  • Brazil’s Minas Gerais will soon see another museum thanks to mining magnate Bernardo Paz, the megacollector behind the Inhotim museum and nature complex.
    Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The consortium is being led by Amit Bhatia, the son-in-law of Indian steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 10 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The Czech billionaire still intends to become West Ham’s majority shareholder and discussions are ongoing.
    Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026
  • The incumbent who has sought and accepted millions in special interest campaign donations strained to paint Bronin as a tool of billionaires.
    Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2026

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“Plutocrat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plutocrat. Accessed 17 Aug. 2026.

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