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capitalist

[kap-i-tl-ist] / ˈkæp ɪ tl ɪst /


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Our twisted version of a capitalist guardian angel, patron saint of spandex in a cropped matching set.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

After a lousy investing experience in the 1990s, Warren Buffett quipped that “if there had been a capitalist at Kitty Hawk, he should have shot down Orville and done us all a favor.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen famously said in 2011 External link that software is eating the world.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

He was nearly wiped out but got back on his financial footing when a venture capitalist asked him in 1986 to be chairman of the board, with stock options, of a new company called Magellan.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

Polly said, “He’s swallowed the anchor. He’s a capitalist now.”

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham




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