zillionaire

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Recent Examples of zillionaire The businesspeople include a couple of zillionaires. Tim Golden, ProPublica, 30 Dec. 2025 The robot warriors are coming, and so are the zillionaires, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., warned in a wide-ranging interview with NBC News on the rise and risks of artificial intelligence. Jared Perlo, NBC news, 18 Nov. 2025 The platinum blond computer chip zillionaire was no match for 007! EW.com, 24 May 2025 For those who are not zillionaires, this type of planning (still not without risk) could be the mechanism that gets you comfortable taking steps to protect your assets. Martin Shenkman, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025 He’s invited her along on a business trip, to the wilderness retreat of eccentric zillionaire Odell (Richard E. Grant), the head of a hugely lucrative pharmaceuticals company. Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 28 Mar. 2025 The creator of the Hero, a zillionaire tech mogul played by an oily, compelling Walton Goggins, has used his money and copious free time to become a real-life version of his own fictional, authoritarian crime-fighter. Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 6 July 2023 Can a tech zillionaire be funny? Jason Gay, WSJ, 9 May 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for zillionaire
Noun
  • While there’s slightly more migration to Florida than New York, skilled professionals and early-career workers—though perhaps less wealthy and influential than their millionaire counterparts—still prefer the Big Apple to the Sunshine State.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Their case was the bizarre kidnapping of another Miami millionaire.
    Troy Roberts, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • In 1998, Democratic multimillionaire Al Checchi who had been the co-chair of Northwest Airlines spent $40 million of his wealth on an unsuccessful run for governor, also a record at the time.
    Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Jimmy Lai was a multimillionaire, on his way to becoming a billionaire.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Painted in 1921, that painting was purchased for the raffle from billionaire art collector David Nahmad, who argued in an Associated Press interview that Picasso would have approved of raffling his work.
    ABC News, ABC News, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Of course, the new billionaires minted through the IPO process might then flee the state to avoid future wealth taxes.
    Marc Joffe, Daily News, 13 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Gregg, a progressive Texas legislator with national ambitions married to a Musk-esque tech gazillionaire, arrives last in Palm Springs after flying private.
    New York Times, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
  • But then Nathan informs Monty that Ariana won’t sign unless all three families get $1 million each, and the gazillionaire goes nuclear.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 29 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Greth, a multibillionaire, is the daughter of the late oil and gas mogul Autry Stephens.
    Emily Brindley, Dallas Morning News, 1 Apr. 2026
  • On Thursday the Sobrato Organization, led by 86-year-old multibillionaire John Sobrato, held a celebration for the opening of The Millton, a 120-unit project in Redwood City.
    J.K. Dineen, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • 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

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“Zillionaire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zillionaire. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.

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