affluent

Example Sentences

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“They’re very affluent and they’re super loyal,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

At some affluent high schools today, more than 30% of students have disability diagnoses and receive testing accommodations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

The SNP also promised to invest £1bn to close the "attainment gap" in schools - the difference in performance between pupils from more affluent and more deprived backgrounds.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

Born in 1962 in Tehran to an affluent conservative merchant family, Araghchi was in the streets backing the Islamic Revolution in 1979.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

That tree-lined neighborhood at the top of the smaller slope must be the Crest, Magdalys thought, where all the affluent Brooklynites were said to live, promenading along the streets astride their graceful duckbills.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older