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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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He went on to make a fortune in finance, property, ranching, healthcare and tourism.

From BBC

He would create his own, and make a fortune in the process.

From Washington Post

“We have 52,000 soldiers over there, which is like a major, major city, frankly, they make a fortune with us,” he said speaking of Germany.

From Washington Times

“At the end of the day the platforms do use our content, they make a fortune out of it, so they do deserve to recompense us for our content,” Ellen said, when asked for advice.

From Seattle Times

“An old game for card sharks and Vegas gamblers suddenly turned into a sport, and an improbably democratic one at that, in which anybody, anybody, could dream of beating the world’s best, and make a fortune in the process,” contemplates Tom.

From Washington Post

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