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a wealthy person
capitalists who lost everything in the '29 Crash
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Recent Examples of capitalist
Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2025
This is an incident that genuinely occurred in 1977, but its atmosphere of capitalist disillusionment, of the downtrodden violently rising against the smug and the wealthy, immediately seizes the contemporary imagination.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2025
Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
Venture capitalists have already taken notice.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Through the former, Arj meets Jeff (Seth Rogen), a venture-capitalist angel investor in tech companies.
—Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2025
This is an incident that genuinely occurred in 1977, but its atmosphere of capitalist disillusionment, of the downtrodden violently rising against the smug and the wealthy, immediately seizes the contemporary imagination.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
The industry is booming, with venture capitalists pouring over $7 billion into robotics companies in 2024 alone.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
Venture capitalists have already taken notice.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for capitalist
Noun
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That’s why the initial payroll estimates (drawn from a survey when roughly 60% have responded) are revised twice further (when north of 90% have).—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025
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Listed at 5-foot-11, 197 pounds, Boutte was able to overpower defensive backs to rip away the ball in gotta-have-it situations this summer.—
Doug Kyed,
Boston Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Improving business environment While trade tensions and worries about China's economic slowdown weighed on the near-term outlook, the survey respondents indicated significant improvement in the local regulatory environment.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
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This initial forecast by Deloitte is based on economic calculations and does not reflect consumer trends or consumer expectations about holiday spending plans.—
Joan Verdon,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The price for commercial dishwashers runs from the low thousands of dollars to tens of thousands of dollars, depending on the size and complexity of the dish problem the machines are supposed to tackle.—
Jeremy Lott,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Our conversation revealed how commercial space, AI, and medicine are converging in ways that will open entirely new opportunities for businesses and societies.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The White House has repeatedly withheld money previously appropriated by Congress, with minimal pushback from GOP lawmakers.—
Ramsey Touchberry,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Sep. 2025
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My mom came from bad financial circumstances and you get used to (the money) and there was a stature to it.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The same goes for the Miami Dolphins’ Stephen Ross, a real estate magnate who was flat year-over-year and is worth $17 billion.—
Justin Birnbaum,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Charnvirakul, a construction magnate, succeeds Paetongtarn Shinawatra, a member of the powerful Shinawatra family who was suspended in July after a phone call with a former Cambodian leader was leaked.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Following Charlie’s death on the show, billionaire Walden Schmidt (Ashton Kutcher) bought the house and filled out the trio.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
14 Sep. 2025
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Even for a billionaire who was in the comparatively low-budget dictionary business less for profit than for fun, the bottom line mattered, and the pressure to make money and cut costs was inescapable.—
Stefan Fatsis,
The Atlantic,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Capitalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capitalist. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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