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a rich person who has at least a billion dollars, pounds, etc.
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Recent Examples of billionaires
Phoenix Mercury guard Natasha Cloud took a shot at Elon Musk and other billionaires in posts on social media on Sunday after the passage of a stopgap funding bill to prevent a government shutdown.
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Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2024
With lush tropical shores that melt away into white sands and tranquil waves, Virgin Gorda in the British Virgin Islands is beautiful enough for billionaires, and that's no exaggeration.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2024
Spending is turning major statewide races into auctions bid on by billionaires.
—Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune, 22 Dec. 2024
It’s been an astounding year for billionaires, with more than half of the planet’s 2,800-plus members of the three-comma club getting richer in 2024 as markets soared—some by billions and even tens of billions of dollars.
—Connor Greene, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
How in the world did the ordinary people who voted for them think that these billionaires were going to improve their lives?
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 21 Dec. 2024
The misfit pair are intent on entering the tech billionaires club.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 16 Dec. 2024
There are only 800 billionaires in this country, 6 million millionaires and 160 million of you reading this right now who are living from paycheck to paycheck and literally cannot afford the rent.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
This law is intended to ensure that advisory committees contain balanced representation (two billionaires does not constitute balance), and that federal open-records laws apply.
—Lisa Gilbert and Robert Weissman, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2024
With lush tropical shores that melt away into white sands and tranquil waves, Virgin Gorda in the British Virgin Islands is beautiful enough for billionaires, and that's no exaggeration.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2024
Spending is turning major statewide races into auctions bid on by billionaires.
—Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune, 22 Dec. 2024
It’s been an astounding year for billionaires, with more than half of the planet’s 2,800-plus members of the three-comma club getting richer in 2024 as markets soared—some by billions and even tens of billions of dollars.
—Connor Greene, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
How in the world did the ordinary people who voted for them think that these billionaires were going to improve their lives?
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 21 Dec. 2024
The misfit pair are intent on entering the tech billionaires club.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 16 Dec. 2024
There are only 800 billionaires in this country, 6 million millionaires and 160 million of you reading this right now who are living from paycheck to paycheck and literally cannot afford the rent.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
This law is intended to ensure that advisory committees contain balanced representation (two billionaires does not constitute balance), and that federal open-records laws apply.
—Lisa Gilbert and Robert Weissman, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Billionaires.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/billionaires. Accessed 4 Jan. 2025.
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