rich
adjective
having wealth or great possessions; abundantly supplied with resources, means, or funds; wealthy.
richest
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superlativeof rich.superlative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating the greatest degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
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“You have solved for the richest among us—well done. If you solve for the least among us, those who can never thank you, you have changed the world.”
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026
Billionaire Ratcliffe, who is one of Britain's richest people and founder of petrochemical giant Ineos, made the comments in an interview with the BBC on Saturday.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
But no foreign nation has drawn such sustained attention from the world’s richest man as the U.K., according to a Journal investigation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
There’s plenty of buzz around both films ahead of their October releases, yet the richest man in the world is helping promote the “Musk” doc by incessantly posting about Gibney and his “hit” piece.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
North of Seattle the swollen Skagit River sliced though earthen dikes near its mouth and sent tidal salt water spilling across twenty thousand acres of the richest farmland in the state.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
