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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
Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2025
The emergence of a capitalist market economy put ever greater demand on quantification (the act of counting or measuring the quantity of something), calculation and bookkeeping skills.
—James Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
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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
During the Mao years, China styled itself as a revolutionary country, bent on challenging the existing international system and its institutions dominated by the United States and other Western capitalist countries.
—Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2025
The emergence of a capitalist market economy put ever greater demand on quantification (the act of counting or measuring the quantity of something), calculation and bookkeeping skills.
—James Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for capitalist
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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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But Matt Miskin of John Hancock cautioned against that on our show yesterday, saying aside from being potential deal targets, small-caps are no longer the best way to play an economic re-acceleration.—
Kelly Evans,
CNBC,
17 Jan. 2025
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China recorded one of its slowest rates of economic growth in decades last year, data showed Friday, as leaders nervously eye a potential trade standoff with incoming U.S. president Donald Trump.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune Asia,
17 Jan. 2025
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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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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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That money could cover one-third of the Wave’s 2025 payroll.—
Ryan Finley,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Jan. 2025
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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
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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
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Claim originated on satirical Facebook account The claim touches on the trend of billionaires shifting companies across state lines based on their political climates.—
Joedy McCreary,
USA TODAY,
18 Jan. 2025
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John Hyatt is a staff writer who covers billionaires with a focus on finance, investments, deals and business disputes.—
John Hyatt,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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“Capitalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capitalist. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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