old money
Example Sentences
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If the crosstown Yankees represent old money in MLB, the Mets are the opposite.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
And yet, today there are only 700 billionaires in the U.S., and basically none of them derived their wealth from old money.
From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2025
These are the bluebloods, the old money of the investment world, steady as a metronome and just as thrilling.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2025
This is not a city built on old money.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2024
In financial terms, it was pretty starkly going to be a clash of old money versus no money at all.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
