well-to-do

Example Sentences

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In the early days, such caps would affect only a small number of well-to-do retirees.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026

Harrogate's reputation as a well-to-do area hid the reality of life there for some people, Wright added.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

The proliferation of offshore vehicles, combined with a laissez-faire attitude toward sources of foreign wealth, have made it an attractive place for well-to-do Iranians to park cash, real-estate experts and wealth managers say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

The split widens when a labor strike becomes an armed revolt, with Jacir gamely tracking the hardening or shifting loyalties of both her peasant and well-to-do characters.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

Joe Justice was thirty-five years older than Della Mae, a successful lawyer who lived in the other Pikeville, one of the well-to-do neighborhoods on the mountain ridges.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times