How to Use billionaire in a Sentence

billionaire

noun
  • On one level this is a highly personal, and painful, dispute between billionaires.
    Brian Stelter, CNN, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Wayne pretends to be a rich playboy billionaire with not a care in the world while secretly saving Gotham from all manners of evil.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
  • Did a billionaire buy Clarence Thomas part of the moon?
    Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 4 May 2023
  • But the billionaire seems to have soured on the company.
    Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Jan. 2024
  • And to be clear, the singer’s sympathies do not lie with the billionaire.
    Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 27 July 2024
  • David Booth, a billionaire from Austin, is funding a chunk of it.
    Brian T. Allen, National Review, 15 July 2023
  • Even in a place that’s used to the way billionaires behave, it’s raised some eyebrows.
    Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2024
  • Bill Gates is not engaged to Paula Hurd, a rep for the billionaire confirms.
    Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 18 July 2023
  • But Musk isn’t the only tech billionaire keeping an eye on the field.
    Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 16 July 2024
  • Cops always can tell when a billionaire is behind the wheel.
    Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Nov. 2023
  • Case in point: Joe Lewis, 86-year-old British billionaire, just couldn’t help himself.
    Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Feb. 2024
  • The Empire State has lost 10 billionaires in the past four years, and those moves have hurt New York's bottom line for tax revenue.
    Jack Birle, Washington Examiner, 11 Nov. 2023
  • Now, the billionaire who purchased the franchise ahead of the 2021 season hopes to build attractions around the team's home ballpark in Queens.
    Chantz Martin, Fox News, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Magazine that giving away the bulk of his fortune has long been the billionaire’s plan.
    Maria Pasquini, Peoplemag, 24 May 2023
  • Here are the 10 billionaires living in Kansas and Missouri.
    Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Main Street: When a billionaire becomes a dissident, the takeover of Hong Kong is complete.
    The Editorial Board, WSJ, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Sure, sports jackets are required at dinners, and chalets owned by billionaires are only a stone’s throw away from the grounds.
    Annie Archer, Travel + Leisure, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Even titans of industry aren’t immune to peer pressure—the desire to keep up with the billionaire next door.
    Frederick Kaufman, Fortune, 30 July 2023
  • The billionaire has suffered multiple legal woes over the past two years.
    Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 3 Jan. 2024
  • In June, the two Big Tech billionaires seemingly agreed to participate in a cage fight.
    Eva Rothenberg, CNN, 6 Aug. 2023
  • But, billionaires don’t get that way resting on their laurels.
    Dan Freedman, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Joe Lewis, the billionaire owner of the soccer team Tottenham Hotspur, may one day be leaving the soccer pitch for a prison cell.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 26 July 2023
  • Vivian is one of six children that the billionaire has had with Justine Wilson, a writer.
    Casey Parks, Washington Post, 26 July 2024
  • And if Crudup plays Cory as a robot programmed to be a media mogul, Hamm counters him well as a robot programmed to be a billionaire.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The five billionaires‘ total wealth combines to about $869 billion.
    Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Buffett, who according to Forbes achieved billionaire status this year, died Friday at the age of 76.
    Kim Bellware, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Sep. 2023
  • People who push back against the notion that income inequality is a bad thing often say billionaires have the scope to take the big swings.
    Belinda Luscombe, TIME, 25 July 2024
  • While the 45-minute pontoon boat tour weaves through the area’s chain of lakes, soak in the area’s natural beauty and learn fun facts about the area’s famous residents from the late Mr. Rogers to young billionaires.
    Angela Caraway-Carlton, Miami Herald, 15 May 2024
  • Dalio is billionaire founder of Bridgewater Associates, the biggest hedge fund in the entire world.
    Justin Ray, Robb Report, 25 May 2023
  • The scandals have only increased since the tech mogul and billionaire magnate purchased Twitter in 2022.
    Justin Klawans, theweek, 16 Jan. 2024

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