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uptown

adjective as in moneyed

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But I read in the newspaper that Mr. Gorringe is having serious problems moving Cleopatra’s Needle, so I had to go uptown to see what was going on.

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Hedge fund guys such as himself worked uptown and so exited Grand Central to the north, where taxis appeared haphazardly and out of nowhere to meet them, like farm trout rising to corn kernels.

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When his work was staged for the uptown set at Lincoln Center, seats emptied.

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On a recent afternoon, he had a copy in his wallet, along with his state ID, as he walked from his uptown apartment in Memphis, Tennessee, to a nearby corner store.

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People are increasingly using money from family trusts to purchase apartments in the most expensive uptown co-op buildings, said Rich Ferrari, Elliman’s New York City chief executive.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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