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Recent Examples of Croesus Manners is the founder and former Chairman of Croesus Mining, a major gold producer, among a myriad of pursuits that includes his role as Chairman of the Mannkal Economic Education Foundation, a libertarian think tank. John Tamny, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025 Elsa’s father, Ferdinando, was as rich as Croesus but, scandalized by his daughter turning her back on the family’s prim, conservative ways, left her to make a living for herself. Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 5 Aug. 2024 As long as the boom proceeded, successful traders became as rich as Croesus. Alan S. Blinder, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2015 Toyota, with more money than Croesus and more engineers than MIT, ran an F1 team from 2002 to 2009, reportedly spending hundreds of millions of dollars. Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 17 Feb. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Croesus
Noun
  • Last month, Trump’s pick of the Silicon Valley venture capitalist Sriram Krishnan as an AI adviser led to a bitter and very public spat between the two camps over visas for highly skilled immigrants.
    Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Meanwhile, Tye, determined not to repeat past relationship mistakes, has her fortitude tested when both a professional and romantic proposition presents itself in the form of Eva (Bean), a venture capitalist and daughter of additional season three guest star Robin Givens.
    Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The increasing disparity between the game’s haves and have-nots is a legitimate concern.
    Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • The Big Story Elon Musk’s growing influence over Trump, D.C. The tech magnate, who once largely eschewed politics, now has a political clout of his own to throw around as President-elect Trump heads back to the Oval Office.
    Julia Shapero, The Hill, 14 Jan. 2025
  • The shipping magnate — who also owns Olympiacos in Piraeus, Athens — brought the case against Irini Karipidis, chairperson of rival club Aris Thessaloniki, and three other claimants, including Ari Harow, formerly the chief of staff to Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
    Kevin Coulson, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • That money could cover one-third of the Wave’s 2025 payroll.
    Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Trump cited a freeze on new money for all U.S. foreign aid, his notice of a U.S. withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement and his order ceasing diversity, equity and inclusion programs across the federal government, among other things.
    Will Weissert and Thomas Beaumont, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2025

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“Croesus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Croesus. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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