millionaires

noun

plural of millionaire
as in multimillionaires
a rich person who has at least a million dollars, pounds, etc.

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Recent Examples of millionaires Cristobal Young, a sociology professor at Cornell University, said previous California tax increases on millionaires didn't lead to a mass exodus of wealthy people. — ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026 The latest in a long series of corrective measures was a thirteen-per-cent state income tax on millionaires, which went into effect in 2012 and is due to expire in 2030. — Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026 Becerra said that plan contained loopholes that would amount to major tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires. — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026 According to a Fiscal Policy Institute analysis of IRS Statistics of Income data, the states with the most progressive tax systems have the highest concentration of millionaires per filer in the country. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2026 The pair found that about three-quarters of these millionaires started their own businesses, while the vast majority didn't inherit money. — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026 Perhaps not surprising, some of these millionaires have stakes in investment firms or medical, dental, or legal practices. — Eric Zwick, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2026 Zidar and Zwick provide another example of Elon Musk losing while Main Street millionaires win. — Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 14 Sep. 2026
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  1. billionaires
  2. capitalists
  3. plutocrats
Noun
  • Emotionally, though, Proposition 40 has sharpened people’s views of billionaires—as heroic innovators and job creators, or as oligarchical resource hogs.
    — Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Some of the ads say that the billionaire tax would lead to a decline in tax revenue, while others claim that the measure will lead to the state legislature approving wealth taxes on non-billionaires.
    — Juhi Doshi, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of billionaires
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  • Other significant players include venture capitalists Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, and OpenAI president and co-founder Greg Brockman.
    — Katie McQue, NPR, 26 Sep. 2026
  • At the same time, national governments need to follow established best practices and create attractive environments for top innovators, entrepreneurs, and venture capitalists.
    — Andrew McAfee, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of capitalists
Noun
  • Not until early in the next century did Congress take on the depredations of Gilded Age plutocrats.
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Not to mention a conga line of billionaire tech, real-estate, and finance plutocrats paying feasance to a faux populist in exchange for contracts, pardons, and sundry favors.
    — Graydon Carter, Air Mail, 4 July 2026
Definition of plutocrats

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