affluent

Example Sentences

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Now, as affluent shoppers continue to spend with confidence while lower-income consumers pull back, analysts say the all-luxury concepts capture the more resilient side of a divided economy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 6, 2026

"The gains... point to a world that kept building wealth, deepening its affluent population and extending a long-running upward trend."

From Barron's • Jun. 30, 2026

Having grown up in an affluent New York household, he was talented enough on clarinet and saxophone to have sat in with Stan Getz’s band and attended Juilliard for a time.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026

World Cup tourists tend to fall into the category of being more affluent or more committed to their team, and willing to spend out-of-character for a rare event like this.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 24, 2026

Some state legislators from northern Virginia’s affluent suburbs have argued that this is a form of geographic discrimination and have quixotically proposed bills to outlaw it.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times