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a wealthy person
capitalists who lost everything in the '29 Crash
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Recent Examples of capitalist
Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 4 Mar. 2025
The venture capitalist Ben Horowitz was onstage, proclaiming his firm never rolled out diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
—Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 21 Feb. 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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Noun
President Trump’s pick for undersecretary of state for economic growth, energy, and the environment, and his husband, venture capitalist Keith Rabois. are selling the waterfront mansion on San Marco Island for $65 million.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 4 Mar. 2025
The venture capitalist Ben Horowitz was onstage, proclaiming his firm never rolled out diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
—Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 21 Feb. 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
Noun
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Come to think of it, Lt. Governor Millie would probably waste a lot less money than some of our actual LG’s have.—
Scott Maxwell,
Orlando Sentinel,
7 Mar. 2025
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His 2013 film Snowpiercer was another tale of haves and have-nots taken to fantastic, violent, and thrilling extremes.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
6 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The Atlanta Federal Reserve model has also suggested that economic growth might be negative in Q1 2025.—
Rebecca Schneid,
TIME,
6 Mar. 2025
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After a trip to Washington last month, during which South Korean officials asked the U.S. to exempt the country from any tariffs such as those recently placed on aluminum and steel, trade minister Ahn Duk-geun told reporters that the government needed to evaluate the plan’s economic viability.—
Max Kim,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Boeing had been developing the vehicle to join SpaceX's Dragon as a second operational spacecraft for NASA under the space agency's commercial crew program.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
14 Mar. 2025
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In the 1950s, the British introduced the de Havilland Comet, the world’s first commercial jet airliner.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Though the investments may seem legitimate, criminals eventually disappear with the consumers’ money.—
Greg Iacurci,
CNBC,
15 Mar. 2025
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By revoking money from global-health efforts, the U.S. has created the conditions for the health of people around the world to deteriorate, which will give tuberculosis even more opportunities to kill.—
John Green,
The Atlantic,
15 Mar. 2025
Noun
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FedEx is suing Donald Trump-supporting pillow magnate Mike Lindell for nearly $9 million in unpaid delivery fees.—
Russel Honoré,
Newsweek,
5 Mar. 2025
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The project soon attached Ed Harris to play James, a celebrated actor but failed property magnate.—
Diana Lodderhose,
Deadline,
3 Mar. 2025
Noun
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But the president’s wide-ranging push to slash government spending, led by billionaire Elon Musk, is weakening the federal office charged with implementing the No Surprises Act.—
Noam N. Levey,
CNN,
7 Mar. 2025
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More than one-third of the total came from billionaire Elon Musk’s efforts, with Trump’s blessing, to slash the federal headcount.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Capitalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capitalist. Accessed 20 Mar. 2025.
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