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wealthy

[wel-thee] / ˈwɛl θi /


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Spurred by wealthy Asian collectors, in 2014 Kusama became the most-expensive living female artist when her 1960 painting “White No. 28,” a monochromatic infinity net, sold at Christie’s New York for $7.1 million.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

One dies wealthy, and one runs out of money at 84.

From MarketWatch Aug. 27, 2026

Born in 1929, the youngest daughter of a wealthy but troubled family, Kusama began producing her signature dot and net patterns aged 10.

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

Parton plays an angel tasked with changing the mind and heart of a wealthy woman set on selling her humble hometown to a mall developer.

From Salon Aug. 26, 2026

On New Year’s Day in 1772, Jefferson married twenty-three-year-old Martha Wayles Skelton, daughter of John Wayles, an immigrant from England who had become a wealthy farmer, lawyer, and slave trader.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

And a lack of tenant protections combined with an influx of wealthier renters in job hubs allow landlords to keep charging high rates.

From MarketWatch Aug. 26, 2026

Called a “working class” champion by the United Auto Workers, El-Sayed performed best in wealthier, higher-educated areas of the state.

From Salon Aug. 9, 2026

Then the playoffs begin, and they inevitably lose to a wealthier, star-studded opponent with a payroll twice as large.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

Meanwhile, stations near wealthier neighborhoods, downtown areas, highway on-ramps and airports are sometimes more expensive.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

The more cows somebody has, the wealthier he is.

From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola

Their owners include schoolteachers and secretaries alongside some of Los Angeles’ wealthiest families.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

Jeff Bezos has cemented his standing as one of the wealthiest individuals in history—with a personal net worth hovering around $200 billion, and buoyed by Amazon’s relentless valuation growth.

From MarketWatch Aug. 10, 2026

Swift’s team deployed facial recognition tracking on concertgoers but turned it off for some of the wealthiest and most renowned names at her Madison Square Garden rehearsal dinner.

From Slate Aug. 5, 2026

However, Surrey chief executive Steve Elworthy said their relationship with India's wealthiest family began long before the bidding process got under way.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

As one of Philadelphia’s wealthiest citizens, he could have fled the city, as others from his economic class had done.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy




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