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a wealthy person
capitalists who lost everything in the '29 Crash
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Recent Examples of capitalist
Nicolas Sauvage, Harvard Business Review, 22 Apr. 2025
Hilton’s Silicon Valley relationships with billionaires such as venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya and former Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt could also be a boon to his gubernatorial campaign.
—Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
Made By History, Time, 28 Apr. 2025
The conflicts among the imperialist and capitalist powers, their drive to secure raw materials and markets, and trade disputes will eventually end in military conflicts.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2025
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This four-step approach, developed through... Post In 2024, venture capitalists invested more than $200 billion into U.S. startups.
—Nicolas Sauvage, Harvard Business Review, 22 Apr. 2025
Hilton’s Silicon Valley relationships with billionaires such as venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya and former Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt could also be a boon to his gubernatorial campaign.
—Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
Adjective
Advertisement Advertisement Historians trace the origins of protectionist thought to the pre-Civil War period during which time the U.S. transitioned into a more industrial capitalist society.
— Made By History, Time, 28 Apr. 2025
The conflicts among the imperialist and capitalist powers, their drive to secure raw materials and markets, and trade disputes will eventually end in military conflicts.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for capitalist
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Although college sports have long been characterized by a divide between the ‘haves and have nots’, mid-major basketball programs encounter even greater challenges competing within this evolving landscape due to limited resources and geographical constraints.—
Mark LaSota,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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Children arrive into a trammeling grid of haves and have-nots set up long before their birth, a net that individual struggles serve only to tighten.—
Benjamin Kunkel,
Harpers Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
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The economic stakes for playing college sports have never been higher.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
5 May 2025
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But despite economic headwinds and rising tariffs, demand hasn’t slowed.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
4 May 2025
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Carriers transporting de minimis items, such as commercial mail agencies UPS and FedEx, must report shipment details to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the White House said April 2.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
2 May 2025
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That commercial income of £308million for 2023-24 will inevitably be higher again for this season.—
Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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Medora Lee is a money, markets, and personal finance reporter at USA TODAY.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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The university sets the salary amounts for these positions, and the people filling them − whether faculty, staff or graduate students − have to raise the money to fund their salary.—
Brady Thomas West,
The Conversation,
2 May 2025
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The owner, a local steel magnate, had a clear philosophy of investing in players with untapped potential.—
Adam Crafton,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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Listen to this article A dental magnate and the owner of the nation’s largest personal injury law firm are among the financial backers of the effort hoping to lure Major League Baseball to Orlando.—
Ryan Gillespie,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 Apr. 2025
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Think of it as concert merch for billionaires — if your idea of a band tee involves authentication and a custom frame.—
Benjamin Svetkey,
HollywoodReporter,
3 May 2025
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For one thing, job cuts orders by the billionaire’s DOGE are still being challenged in court.—
Paul Wiseman,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2025
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“Capitalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capitalist. Accessed 12 May. 2025.
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