wealthy
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She also referenced the chorus of criticism that many homes along California's coast belong to the wealthy or are second homes, and that they never should've been built on such a vulnerable landscape.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
“Hilton is a carnival barker and a very wealthy man,” said Cole, who supported Bianco.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
And, for others, there is a certain hubris seen in tech leaders chasing a technology that on one hand promises to make them incredibly wealthy while also suggesting it is only safe within their control.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
His admirers saw a fabulously wealthy man sharing his good fortune.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Mr. Underhill was a wealthy insurance executive who had first experimented with Spiritualism when he’d been widowed a few years back.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
He then put the Dodgers up for sale, because he believed a family business would lack the resources of wealthier corporate ownerships, and the team might not remain competitive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026
"They sell these individuals to military units and regional commands facing manpower shortages, or traffic substitute recruits on behalf of wealthier individuals seeking to buy their way out of service."
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
His latest is a long, solemn drama about a working-class family that becomes the subject of a wealthier woman’s documentary.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
These wealthier borrowers may also be better able to absorb those shocks, the company noted, “though a smaller subset may need extra support as their rates and payments adjust upward.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
The concert hall as a dedicated venue was still a novelty outside England, but wealthier members of the bourgeoisie were often invited to hear musical events inside the grand palaces of aristocrats and princes.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
In 2015, the couple purchased their home in the Silicon Valley city of Atherton, one of the wealthiest ZIP Codes in the U.S., for $12.5 million, property records show.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
At the lavish home of one of Miami's top plastic surgeons, overlooking the Biscayne Bay, some of the wealthiest Cuban-American families in Florida have gathered.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Bezos is one of the wealthiest people in the world, with his fortune based on his transformation of Amazon into an e-commerce and cloud computing giant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Baby boomers are the wealthiest generation in history.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 5, 2026
The Osage ward Mary Elkins was considered the wealthiest member of the tribe because she had inherited more than seven headrights.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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