billionaire
noun
a person who has assets worth a billion or more dollars, euros, etc.
billionaires
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pluralof billionaire.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Fast forward to the last few days and along come these colossal donations from Ben Delo and Christopher Harborne, two cryptocurrency billionaires who until recently lived in Hong Kong and Thailand respectively.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Speaking at the same event, the head of open-source messaging application Signal, Meredith Whittaker, warned about AI being controlled by a handful of billionaires, but urged the audience "don't buy the hype".
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
But his willingness to provoke billionaires and executives has created headaches for City Hall.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
The purchase is the latest example of how tech billionaires have been expanding their real estate holdings outside California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
As you can see, it includes queens and kings and pharaohs from centuries past, as well as contemporary billionaires, such as Warren Buffett and Carlos Slim.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
