better-off

Example Sentences

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But the independent Institute for Fiscal Studies said the change would "encourage a relatively small number of better-off workers to stay in the workforce a bit longer" and was "unlikely to have a big effect on overall employment".

From BBC

It says there are cost-saving alternatives to making people work longer, such as cutting pensions for the better-off.

From BBC

Since the migrants have to have a U.S. sponsor, a valid passport and they have to buy a plane ticket to the United States, there’s some concern that it will be wealthier, better-off migrants who are able to take advantage of the parole program.

From Slate

“We don’t do that on our roads. We don’t do that on freeways. We tax the poor to use transit but not better-off folks to use the road.”

From Los Angeles Times

Originally considered a bread for better-off Parisians who could afford to buy a product that went stale quickly, unlike the peasant’s heavy, round miche that could last a week — the baguette became a staple in the French countryside only after World War II, said Bruno Laurioux, a French historian specializing in medieval food.

From New York Times