affluence
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The vote is dragging this town into a debate over whether it’s OK to tie a region’s identity to its historical affluence.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
A charter member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, the nation exuded affluence and excess — though the wealth was mostly channeled to domestic elites and foreign oil companies, not the impoverished majority.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 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
"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
Yet it was at that moment of maximum affluence that the Roman political order collapsed into a series of deadly civil wars.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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