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
As a warning to plutocrats, a guillotine is hard to beat, but its symbolism goes beyond the obvious.
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Paul Kingsnorth, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Paul Kingsnorth, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plutocrats
Noun
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With the public willing to finance anything, company after company came public, and the venture capitalists were making fortunes often on the deals and then on the follow-ons.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
28 Sep. 2025
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Whereas constant capital refers to the expenditures capitalists make for material means of production, variable capital refers to their expenses for human labor-power.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Sep. 2025
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These aren't nice-to-haves anymore.—
Jaime Catmull,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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It’s been a year of haves and have-nots for the industrials, with companies heavily tied to data center construction, electrification, power generation, and aerospace largely outperforming the rest of the sector.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Plutocrats.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plutocrats. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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