moneyed
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That's changed since the festival's origins 170 years ago, when bachelor farmers and moneyed visitors would flock to the spa town of Lisdoonvarna to bathe in its mineral-rich waters and socialise.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
“Are our moneyed men less enlightened to their own interest, or less enterprising in the pursuit?,” the future Treasury secretary wrote External link in 1780.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
But they weren’t moneyed enough to afford an apartment of their own, so they lived for long stretches with her parents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026
“I understand what it looks like,” he says of a song that uses blistering guitars to paint a picture of moneyed comfort.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2025
On the night after Woolf won a top stakes race, the owner of the winning horse called to invite him to a postrace soiree with the moneyed set.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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