as in capitalists
a wealthy person
the 19th-century plutocrats who built their enormous summer "cottages" in Newport
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Recent Examples of plutocrats
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.
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Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026
America’s modern-day plutocrats, this bracing book contends, enjoy a similar privilege.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
For many plutocrats now, art occupies a curious place.
—Rachel Corbett, Curbed, 28 Nov. 2025
While Republicans focus on cozying up to tech plutocrats and removing the barriers around their business models, Democrats could revive the 2020 messaging of candidates like Andrew Yang and Elizabeth Warren.
—Nathan E. Sanders, Time, 4 Oct. 2025
As a warning to plutocrats, a guillotine is hard to beat, but its symbolism goes beyond the obvious.
—Paul Kingsnorth, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026
America’s modern-day plutocrats, this bracing book contends, enjoy a similar privilege.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
For many plutocrats now, art occupies a curious place.
—Rachel Corbett, Curbed, 28 Nov. 2025
While Republicans focus on cozying up to tech plutocrats and removing the barriers around their business models, Democrats could revive the 2020 messaging of candidates like Andrew Yang and Elizabeth Warren.
—Nathan E. Sanders, Time, 4 Oct. 2025
As a warning to plutocrats, a guillotine is hard to beat, but its symbolism goes beyond the obvious.
—Paul Kingsnorth, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plutocrats
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These are the ultimate capitalists, pecking ruggedly at the earth’s skin and turning its lifeblood into piles of cash.—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
24 Jan. 2026
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Do not be afraid of the language of class warfare — the rich versus the poor, the oligarchs versus the citizens, the capitalists versus the proletariat.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
23 Jan. 2026
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As the use of ambient AI scribes becomes routine, some clinicians worry that the technology will widen the divide between health care haves and have-nots.—
Michelle Andrews,
ABC News,
26 Jan. 2026
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The term, popularized by the economist Peter Atwater, refers to the growing split, starting in 2020, between haves and the have-nots.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
21 Jan. 2026
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