as in carriage trade
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Recent Examples of plutocracy
Mike Heller Walnut Creek American plutocracy has taken over
Can Joe Biden get away with biting the hand that feeds him?
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Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 18 July 2024
The key political takeaway is that the White House is determined to frame the upcoming contest between Biden and Donald Trump as a choice between a Democrat fighting for the American middle class and a Republican stooge for the plutocracy.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2024
Democracy can flip into plutocracy if a single party accrues enough voting credits, which gets easier when voter turnout is low.
—Joel Khalili, WIRED, 26 Jan. 2024
Once among America’s most oppressed populations, her triumph is not only immune to interrogation, so is American plutocracy for having anointed her as its apostle.
—Soraya Roberts, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
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Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 18 July 2024
The key political takeaway is that the White House is determined to frame the upcoming contest between Biden and Donald Trump as a choice between a Democrat fighting for the American middle class and a Republican stooge for the plutocracy.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2024
Democracy can flip into plutocracy if a single party accrues enough voting credits, which gets easier when voter turnout is low.
—Joel Khalili, WIRED, 26 Jan. 2024
Once among America’s most oppressed populations, her triumph is not only immune to interrogation, so is American plutocracy for having anointed her as its apostle.
—Soraya Roberts, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plutocracy
Noun
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Once the sale of the North Avenue Market complex was official a few weeks ago, a new arts partnership began envisioning a future for this 1928 landmark where Baltimore’s carriage trade once did their food shopping.—
Jacques Kelly,
Baltimore Sun,
23 Mar. 2024
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Bernheimer’s never sought the carriage trade.—
Jacques Kelly,
Baltimore Sun,
4 June 2022
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But German society has been strained by a decade-long influx of migrants who arrived with little or no German language knowledge, and who have often received significant social assistance.—
Jim Tankersley,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2025
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Rojas’s tale guides us along the historical arc of mathematics, intertwining its evolution with the cultural, philosophical and practical needs of the societies that shaped and relied on it.—
Max Springer,
Scientific American,
7 Feb. 2025
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Representing the aristocracy are two young lovers forbidden from coupling by her father and another who seeks her hand, but is being avidly pursued by her best friend.—
Rob Hubbard,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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Before Brummell, the aristocracy dressed in rich, smelly materials; after, styles were adapted from military uniforms—think of the broad shoulders of a British pinstripe suit, for example.—
Gary Shteyngart,
The Atlantic,
7 Feb. 2025
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In Ponza, everyone dances to the islanders’ tune, and the international jet set is not given much attention.—
Catherine Fairweather,
airmail.news,
21 Sep. 2024
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The club, which features North America’s first Endless Surf wave basin, is aimed at the millennial jet set and their families, who are more focused on wellness and adventure than sitting idly by the pool, cocktail in hand.—
Brooke Seipel,
Fortune,
4 Dec. 2024
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“Plutocracy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plutocracy. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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