affluent
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The modern affluent household isn’t sustained by a single worker but by two long, uninterrupted careers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
Michelle, your character on “The Madison” is this affluent woman who is grieving the loss of her husband and life as she knew it.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
The men used Google to search affluent postcodes to identify potential targets, according to police, before looking up floor plans on Rightmove.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
The 45-year-old Magyar, whose surname means “Hungarian,” grew up in an affluent family of public figures in Budapest’s historic city center, just a stone’s throw from Hungary’s parliament.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
It was one of the prettier, more affluent parts of the South Side, where people kept two cars in the driveway and had abundant beds of flowers blooming along their walkways.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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