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

European soccer has lived this reality, too, its most passionate supporters crowded out by duller, well-heeled buyers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 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

Those well-heeled people had all responded to something in the young bespectacled woman, something that gave them the feeling that she had a great future.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly