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make a fortune

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  1. Also, make a small fortune. Earn a great deal of money, as in He made a fortune on the stock market. Similar expressions are, as in Now that their parents have died, they're worth a small fortune. Make a fortune dates from about 1700, and its use with small from the second half of the 1800s.

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A vocal champion of the movement, Bankman-Fried said he went into finance to make a fortune he could give away.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Some people are going to make a fortune in the future using AI to pick stocks.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026

And they see a chance to make a fortune.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 4, 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

He said that he was going to take the stuff home and make a fortune growing hair.

From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers

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