gainfully
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They inherited $10 million from their grandparents, go skydiving on weekends, are gainfully employed, and do not need the money right now.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
At the center of this story is a gainfully employed layabout, an unnamed, possibly mythical “friend of a friend.”
From Salon ● Jan. 14, 2026
Netflix might have more gainfully objected to Mr. Sutter’s dialogue, which has all the natural vitality of a cow pie.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
He was often poor, always mooching, rarely gainfully employed for long.
From Slate ● Nov. 28, 2023
Such girls live in quiet black neighborhoods where everybody is gainfully employed.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
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