make a fortune
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Some people are going to make a fortune in the future using AI to pick stocks.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
Kroenke went on to make a fortune in real estate and marry Ann Walton, a Walmart heiress, before diving into sports.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
"Businesses are going to make a fortune, and that's why you cannot continue to have a payroll tax system that taxes jobs and then subsidizes automation," the governor said in a statement.
From Barron's ● May 21, 2026
What has emerged is the hope that anyone, with the right product and a little bit of luck, can make a fortune in K-beauty.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2025
As a young man Norwood had traveled to Bermuda with a diving bell modeled on Halley’s device, intending to make a fortune scooping pearls from the seabed.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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