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Recent Examples of trillion
Visa and Mastercard maintain a global lead on card spending, with both together processing trillions of dollars in payments annually.
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Daniel Webber, Forbes.com, 26 Feb. 2026
The vast region contains trillions of comets, large objects made up of dust and ice, and thousands of planetesimals, which are considered small planets made up of dust and ice, according to NASA.
—Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 26 Feb. 2026
In the heyday of ESG investing, trillions poured into vague notions of sustainability with a vision of enormous returns but without a clear plan.
—Justin Worland, Time, 20 Feb. 2026
Indeed, the story of the market this year can be framed as trillions in capital and spending power being unleashed by the private sector and governments (Germany with a half-trillion-euro military tab, Japan shifting to fiscal expansion with a leadership switch).
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2025
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Daniel Webber, Forbes.com, 26 Feb. 2026
The vast region contains trillions of comets, large objects made up of dust and ice, and thousands of planetesimals, which are considered small planets made up of dust and ice, according to NASA.
—Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 26 Feb. 2026
In the heyday of ESG investing, trillions poured into vague notions of sustainability with a vision of enormous returns but without a clear plan.
—Justin Worland, Time, 20 Feb. 2026
Indeed, the story of the market this year can be framed as trillions in capital and spending power being unleashed by the private sector and governments (Germany with a half-trillion-euro military tab, Japan shifting to fiscal expansion with a leadership switch).
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trillion
Noun
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The Left wants amnesty for the millions of people already in the country and the Right wants criminals deported and a secure border to prevent the next 10 to 20 million from entering illegally.—
Doug McIntyre,
Oc Register,
8 Mar. 2026
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Professor to discuss ‘Understanding the Economics of Cybercrime’ at local event Every day, millions of people use the internet for work, banking, communication, and entertainment.—
Ut Community Press,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Mar. 2026
Noun
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There was a time when a movie like this would have made a zillion dollars at the box office.—
Entertainment Weekly,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Mar. 2026
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Our grandmothers were queens of the freezer, along with a zillion other ways to avoid food waste.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
8 Feb. 2026
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For a weekend, a gazillion distinctive fan communities blur into a linguistic utopia.—
Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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That means gazillions of green, gold and purple Mardi Gras beads.—
TRAVIS LOLLER,
Arkansas Online,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Trillion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trillion. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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