haves

Example Sentences

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A favorable contract with the players union that would impose some salary limits could narrow the gap between baseball’s haves and have-nots in the sport and make baseball more competitive.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

But major challenges remain, including a huge gap between the haves and the have-nots.

From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026

It has been a March Madness of the haves mercilessly thumping the have-nots.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

For many, the disparity between the haves and have-nots right there, on your phone, was too much to be ignored, in a country where youth unemployment stands at 20.6% and with three million working overseas.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

She says we don’t want to create a class system in our cell, the haves and have nots.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez