affluence
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The private island, Indian Creek, represents one of South Florida’s major battlefields where the region’s newly minted billionaires are clashing with those of more modest affluence who trace their Miami roots back generations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Like many constituencies in Scotland, there are pockets of affluence and deprivation, often sitting side by side.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
And I’m trying to step back from the exclusive focus on financial affluence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026
Dickens’s readers balk at his use of caricature and coincidence, but as Mr. Keefe shows, both are appropriate for a money-mad city full of affluence and anonymity, weird proximities and sudden death.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
They were not wholly of the American aristocracy but tolerably close, with connections and affluence that endowed Alfred with upper-class tastes and bearing.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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