affluence
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Dickens’s readers balk at his use of caricature and coincidence, but as Mr. Keefe shows, both are appropriate for a money-mad city full of affluence and anonymity, weird proximities and sudden death.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
They’ve simply assumed that because America is the world’s leading consumer and innovator, this national affluence would always sustain its pharmaceutical dominance.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 10, 2025
There are those who come to the city in search of the limelight and affluence.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2025
"We see a lot of affluence - a lot of wealth - and that's not something that you see a huge amount on screen in Wales."
From BBC • Sep. 1, 2025
The general rise in affluence had obscured the traditional class markers and distorted the old class-based political alignments.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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