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a wealthy person
capitalists who lost everything in the '29 Crash
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Recent Examples of capitalist
Asli Pelit, New York Times, 16 May 2025
But for entrepreneur and venture capitalist Rupert Runewitsch, the challenge isn’t in choosing between a present father or a successful business owner.
—Jon Stojan, USA Today, 10 May 2025
Nia Shumake, Essence, 15 May 2025
The tough, gangsta image that defined late ’80s and early ’90s hip-hop had now been sanded down into something more aspirational and decidedly capitalist.
—Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 12 May 2025
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Noun
The investor group was led by Academy Award-winning actress Natalie Portman, venture capitalist Kara Nortman, media entrepreneur Julie Uhrman and tech entrepreneur and Serena Williams’s husband, Alexis Ohanian.
—Asli Pelit, New York Times, 16 May 2025
But for entrepreneur and venture capitalist Rupert Runewitsch, the challenge isn’t in choosing between a present father or a successful business owner.
—Jon Stojan, USA Today, 10 May 2025
Adjective
That’s true of music, film, and all of the capitalist industries surrounding the arts.
—Nia Shumake, Essence, 15 May 2025
The tough, gangsta image that defined late ’80s and early ’90s hip-hop had now been sanded down into something more aspirational and decidedly capitalist.
—Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 12 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for capitalist
Noun
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Indeed, some are worried that the world will divide into the AGI haves and AGI have-nots, partially due to the exorbitant cost that AGI might involve.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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Charting a divided league’s haves and have-nots Ranking the top 25 college football teams: Who’s biggest winner after the spring portal window?—
The Athletic UK Staff,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
Adjective
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The city is a global financial hub that is renowned for its economic strength and high quality of life, according to the report.—
Celia Fernandez,
CNBC,
29 May 2025
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Now is the time for Connecticut residents to contact their legislators and the governor and urge them to fully fund critical programs and invest in Connecticut’s economic future.—
Zane Tickoo,
Hartford Courant,
29 May 2025
Adjective
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The only commercial enrichment facility operating in the U.S. is owned by Urenco, the European consortium.—
Spencer Kimball,
CNBC,
6 June 2025
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The Sundays is a 59-room boutique hotel perched on Hamilton Island, the only one in the Whitsundays with its own commercial airport and direct service from Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane.—
Alli Forde,
Travel + Leisure,
6 June 2025
Noun
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There are some restrictions on how that money is spent, though.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
7 June 2025
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The program has drawn scrutiny for years, seen by critics as ways for supervisors to solicit political support by steering millions in public money to recipients of their choosing with no public debate.—
Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 June 2025
Noun
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But the character is more of a riff on the real-life oil baron Calouste Gulbenkian, the world’s richest man at the time of his death in 1955 and a template for today’s globe-roaming magnates who pledge allegiance only to their own ambitions.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2025
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The brand is a jewel in the crown of luxury magnate Bernard Arnault, the founder of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, who has owned Dior since 1984.—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
29 May 2025
Noun
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The restructuring has been driven in part by the need to find a new home for the remaining functions of the U.S. Agency for International Development, an agency that Trump administration officials and billionaire ally Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency have dismantled.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
30 May 2025
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The model and billionaire businesswoman, also 28, reposted the image to her Instagram Stories as well.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
30 May 2025
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“Capitalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capitalist. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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