well-heeled

Example Sentences

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The emergence of electric vehicles, hybrids and more fuel-efficient gasoline-powered vehicles is part of the reason, even as those fuel efficiencies are mostly reaped by the well-heeled Americans who can afford the newer cars.

From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026

Wealthy Mainers include high earners in financial and legal services, manufacturing and timber heirs, and well-heeled elderly residents who retire in the state, local economists and entrepreneurs say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

"They tended to be very well-heeled gentry who'd come and stay at the likes of places like Chatsworth and be taken on a tour of the Peak District," says John.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

The city's main luxury hotel, which could host delegations, has been cleared of its normal well-heeled clientele.

From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026

By the beginning of the twentieth century, rowing clubs flourished in the enclaves of the well-heeled.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown