billionaire

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Recent Examples of billionaire But the president’s wide-ranging push to slash government spending, led by billionaire Elon Musk, is weakening the federal office charged with implementing the No Surprises Act. Noam N. Levey, CNN, 7 Mar. 2025 The billionaire provided a glimpse of his vision for TikTok’s future on the website FoundersTok.com, which went live on Wednesday. Angela Yang, NBC News, 6 Mar. 2025 The editorial board The billionaire’s other project for the Times is rebuilding the paper’s editorial board, an especially urgent task given Carla Hall, the Times’ last remaining editorial board member, accepted a buyout last week after 32 years with the company. Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2025 Last fall, billionaire hedge fund managers, financiers and various glitterati hosted fund-raisers there for both the Republican and Democratic presidential candidates, though voters across much of the Hamptons favored Kamala Harris in November. Dionne Searcey, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for billionaire
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Noun
  • The film defied expectations, making Mr. Magoo UPA’s first breakout character and a signature role for actor Jim Backus, who later played millionaire Thurston Howell III on Gilligan’s Island.
    Jeremy Fassler, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2025
  • For example, Philly officials can't put in place a millionaire's tax, or tax commercial and residential buildings at different rates.
    Mike D'Onofrio, Axios, 27 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • As stock owners and multimillionaires abound in Congress from both the Democratic and Republican parties, fears of insider trading and conflicts of interest have lingered.
    Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 22 Feb. 2025
  • Then, in something of a shock, Pennsylvania’s Bob Casey was defeated by a private equity multimillionaire who doesn’t really live in the state and can’t tell the Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers apart.
    Bryan Walsh, Vox, 30 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Efforts to dismantle the agency come as the DOGE, led by multibillionaire Musk, has worked aggressively to cut government spending and reduce the federal workforce.
    Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2025
  • For example, multibillionaire CEO Elon Musk, who leads DOGE, has incorrectly claimed that SSA is making payments to millions of dead people.
    Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 19 Feb. 2025

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