well-to-do
Example Sentences
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Lots of well-to-do folks say that L.A. has gone to hell in a handbasket.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
The exclusive complex, in classic picture-postcard Switzerland scenery, has been welcoming leaders and the well-to-do and for more than 150 years.
From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026
If it makes Ms. Kenny feel any better, these methods don’t work in well-to-do schools either.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
In the early days, such caps would affect only a small number of well-to-do retirees.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 16, 2026
The poorest went on living in burrows of the most primitive kind, mere holes indeed, with only one window or none; while the well-to-do still constructed more luxurious versions of the simple diggings of old.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
