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affluent

adjective as in wealthy

adjective as in plentiful

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So if “Peacemaker” viewers were puzzled as to how a backwards, murderous bigot like Earth Prime Auggie could manifest as a doting father and an affluent man in a nearly identical world, now we know.

From Salon

They then zeroed in on the O'Coqueiro restaurant in Porvorim - the only place which offered affluent foreigners the facility to make quick international calls.

From BBC

The site is sandwiched between a trio of affluent communities — Woodland Hills, Hidden Hills and Calabasas — loaded with famous and outspoken residents.

Recent reports show emerging signs of strain on less affluent Americans.

From BBC

She re-creates the spectacle of the 1787 convention in Philadelphia, the ceaseless harangues between North and South, bringing to life these visionaries — white, affluent men, many drama queens — as they laid out an unprecedented polity.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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