as in have
a wealthy person
capitalists who lost everything in the '29 Crash
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Recent Examples of capitalist
Chandelis Duster, NPR, 20 Jan. 2025
Dozens of top right-wing venture capitalists joined the likes of Speaker Mike Johnson and Donald Trump Jr., who emerged from the evening party with a triumphant grin.
—Theodore Schleifer, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025
Greg O'Keeffe, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
Big business has canned him into something more capitalist.
—Henry Flynn, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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Noun
David Sacks, a venture capitalist, has also been appointed by Trump as the country's first crypto and artificial intelligence czar.
—Chandelis Duster, NPR, 20 Jan. 2025
Dozens of top right-wing venture capitalists joined the likes of Speaker Mike Johnson and Donald Trump Jr., who emerged from the evening party with a triumphant grin.
—Theodore Schleifer, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025
Adjective
American sports are saturated with less growth opportunities and sports companies like any capitalist companies need growth so uk clubs are an easy target.
—Greg O'Keeffe, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
Big business has canned him into something more capitalist.
—Henry Flynn, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for capitalist
Noun
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The increasing disparity between the game’s haves and have-nots is a legitimate concern.—
Ken Rosenthal,
The Athletic,
21 Jan. 2025
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Equity is the even distribution of resources across the older population, a lessening of the gap between the ‘haves’ and ‘have nots’.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
29 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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For the last couple years, many leading technologists and political leaders have argued that whichever country developed AI the fastest will have a huge economic and military advantage over its rivals.—
Andrew R. Chow,
TIME,
29 Jan. 2025
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The Biden administration made two TPS designations for Venezuelans, one in 2021 and the other in 2023, citing the country's economic collapse under the repressive rule of President Nicolas Maduro.—
Camilo Montoya-Galvez,
CBS News,
29 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The contenders to succeed him include Marianne Lake, CEO of consumer and community banking, Troy Rohrbaugh, co-head of the commercial and investment bank and Mary Erdoes, CEO of asset and wealth management.—
Pritam Biswas and Nupur Anand,
USA TODAY,
25 Jan. 2025
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The EuroLeague recently signed a new agreement with IMG that would continue to retain the company as its commercial arm.—
Mike Vorkunov,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Gale says the group has used the money to hire a biologist and engineer who are studying their location data, in particular.—
Stephanie O'Neill,
NPR,
26 Jan. 2025
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And then later, Elon Musk was saying those guys don't have the money.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Jan. 2025
Noun
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That could be a smart bet for Cohen, with Donald Trump’s election spurring business magnates and world leaders to flock to Palm Beach for its proximity to the new president’s Winter White House at Mar-a-Lago.—
Giacomo Tognini,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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Alongside billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg, the tech magnates appeared in countless live shots of the transfer of power.—
Bloomberg,
Orange County Register,
21 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Atlanta billionaire Arthur Blank is in town with his fancy $180 million yacht.—
Chelsea Brasted,
Axios,
30 Jan. 2025
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That’s why billionaires Lynda and Stewart Resnick are also not to blame for the Palisades Fire, the water experts who spoke with CNBC said.—
Katie Tarasov,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2025
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“Capitalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capitalist. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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