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fat cats

noun

plural of fat cat

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a wealthy person that last recession was particularly hard on the poor, but the fat cats barely noticed a dip in their bank accounts

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one of high position or importance within a group a candidate that has the backing of most of the party's fat cats

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Recent Examples of fat cats Nah, that's for the fat cats and money-grubbers. — Steph Wagner, CNBC, 1 Jan. 2026 The fat cats in Congress who’ve been making a killing on Wall Street were none too pleased. — Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 26 Feb. 2026 Though many corporations could still afford suites, fat cats high-fiving while their employees lost their jobs and their companies were taking bailouts was a bad look. — John Seabrook, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025

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Private fundraising has long been seen as a way to pad school budgets in wealthier communities, usually to pay for nice-to-haves, such as field trips and student clubs.

— Mila Koumpilova, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2026
Trepidation over what the IPOs will do to affordability in the region is quickly making San Francisco a tale of two cities--one of the stocks-haves and have-nots.

— Martine Paris, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026

Definition of haves

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Robinson will be a far tougher test for Embiid and the East’s other bigs.

— Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
For the past few weeks, the Valkyries’ first-ever All-Star has been anchoring Golden State’s defense in critical moments, guarding opposing bigs and sacrificing offensive opportunities for the sake of scheme.

— Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 25 June 2026

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The record also states that the boys were wearing heavy wool coats and silk stockings in the middle of summer in Philly.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026
In Girard’s household, at least three women would have mended his silk stockings and other clothes.

— Emily J. Whitted, The Conversation, 29 Apr. 2026

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The startup is entering a field already dominated by heavyweights such as Huawei Technologies, but its timing is notable.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 6 July 2026
Shares in heavyweights Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix sank on Thursday, pulling South Korea’s Kospi deep into the red.

— Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 2 July 2026

Definition of heavyweights

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Swift, whose net worth surpasses $2 billion, has amassed a fortune that rivals tech founders and venture capitalists.

— Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 2 July 2026
Supporters included venture capitalists like Marc Andreessen, LinkedIn founder Reed Hoffman and Laurene Powell Jobs, the Apple founder’s widow.

— Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 26 June 2026

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The Minnesota Wild’s big guns showed up in a big way Saturday night, and the Avs looked wobbly for the first time in this tournament in a 5-1 loss in Game 3 at Grand Casino Arena.

— Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 10 May 2026
Against Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup, Wrexham twice raced into a two-goal lead only for the half-time of introduction of the Premier League’s ‘big guns’ to underline how far the Welsh club still has to go if their owners’ top flight ambitions are to be realised.

— Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 6 May 2026

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