fortune
Example Sentences
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One virtue of the California proposal is that, even if it fails to get enacted or even to reach the ballot, it may trigger more discussion of options for taxing plutocratic fortunes.
From Los Angeles Times
At the time, he had a fortune estimated at more than £1bn and a key role running the country's sovereign wealth fund, Samruk-Kaznya, which owns much of the state's oil and gas industry.
From BBC
Even getting the timing somewhat right could save you, or make you, a fortune.
Economists now speak of the US economy as "K-shaped" to reflect the opposite fortunes of these subsets, with new cars out of reach for lower-income shoppers.
From Barron's
Its fortunes differ sharply with France's wine industry as a whole, which is struggling with over-production, fierce competition internationally, and declining domestic consumption.
From Barron's
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