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a wealthy person
capitalists who lost everything in the '29 Crash
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Recent Examples of capitalist
JSTOR Daily, 11 Mar. 2025
Learn: The conference lineup now includes former first lady Michelle Obama and her brother Craig Robinson, along with Ben Stiller, DJ Zane Lowe and entrepreneur and venture capitalist Bryan Johnson.
—Nicole Cobler, Axios, 6 Mar. 2025
Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 27 Feb. 2025
Imperialists leveraged nationalist sentiment at home to manage the domestic tensions created by class politics and capitalist expansion, and their subjects abroad used it to rally support for independence.
—Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
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Business & Economics How Progressives Legalized Usury In the early twentieth century, reformers united with capitalists to promote high-interest lending, overthrowing opposition to usury rooted in Christian tradition.
—JSTOR Daily, 11 Mar. 2025
Learn: The conference lineup now includes former first lady Michelle Obama and her brother Craig Robinson, along with Ben Stiller, DJ Zane Lowe and entrepreneur and venture capitalist Bryan Johnson.
—Nicole Cobler, Axios, 6 Mar. 2025
Adjective
Anyone who sees life on earth as something more than some capitalist death match.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 27 Feb. 2025
Imperialists leveraged nationalist sentiment at home to manage the domestic tensions created by class politics and capitalist expansion, and their subjects abroad used it to rally support for independence.
—Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for capitalist
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Behind the scenes, the information divide between baseball's haves and have-nots looks even larger as the talent divide on the field.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
21 Mar. 2025
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The stadium authority is responsible for several key deals the A’s have in Las Vegas, including their stadium lease, development and non-relocation agreements.—
Evan Drellich,
The Athletic,
8 Mar. 2025
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Too far, too fast, is one way of describing concern about gold which is being powered by a combination of investor concern about the global economic outlook, fear of inflation, central bank buying, and geopolitical tension.—
Tim Treadgold,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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Heck, there would have been no economic basis to build anything creative whatsoever.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
18 Mar. 2025
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What Ukraine gains The White House said that the sides had agreed to ensure safe navigation, eliminate the use of force, and prevent the use of commercial vessels for military purposes in the Black Sea.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Mar. 2025
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In turn, this move is expected to greatly accelerate the adoption of electric commercial fleets in Japan.—
Peter Lyon,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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However, she was fired in March 1995 when it was discovered money was missing.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
28 Mar. 2025
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State lawmakers also set aside $15 million in grant money to help pay for ridding buildings of contaminants such as asbestos and razing dozens of structures.—
Mike Nolan,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2025
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Hennessy, grandson of the liquor magnate, was surrounded by Cognac vessels growing up.—
Justin Fenner,
Robb Report,
15 Mar. 2025
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Real estate magnate Lee Shau Kee held on to his perch as the city’s second-richest with a net worth of $29.2 billion.—
Jane Ho,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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Trump, Elon Musk claim fraud within SSA President Donald Trump and his senior advisor, billionaire Elon Musk, have both raised concerns about potential fraud within the SSA.—
Jonathan Limehouse,
USA TODAY,
19 Mar. 2025
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The terminations at the tax agency were among the deep cuts to federal agencies by the Trump administration and its Department of Government Efficiency, led by the billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk.—
Andy Kroll,
ProPublica,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Capitalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capitalist. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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