well-off

Example Sentences

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Hermès, Brunello Cucinelli and Ferrari all recently reported strong sales from the richest customers, while some companies that target the merely well-off are facing flagging demand.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

“Very well-off Americans with high incomes have come to see themselves in the same camp as the very rich, even though their interests align much more with the middle class,” says Boston College’s Madoff.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

The son of a goldsmith, Yunus was born in 1940 into a well-off family in the port city of Chittagong, now Chattogram.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

"I think people who are less well-off are coping much worse," says Olha Zasiadvovk, who has a young child.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026

As well-off citizens closed their businesses and fled the city, they left behind thousands of individuals without any source of income.

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