better-off

Example Sentences

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Yes, good public schools exist, but they tend to be in communities where only the better-off can afford to live.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Bankers interpret this as a sign that slightly better-off consumers are absorbing the higher prices, while lower-income customers are increasingly cutting back or seeking cheaper alternatives.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

The government said offering an alternative would "break down barriers to opportunity", because white working class pupils were twice as likely to need to resit than their better-off classmates.

From BBC • Oct. 19, 2025

It’s not to drag the relatively better-off down to the bottom, but to allow more people to pull themselves up.

From Slate • Aug. 25, 2025

Now I understand that these people I admired weren’t exactly rich, simply better-off than the people of my village, one of the poorest in Ecuador.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau