affluence
Example Sentences
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The Rose family had fallen from affluence to poverty, finding themselves living in a small-town motel.
From Los Angeles Times
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
Among Generation Z, affluence also takes priority over family, and for men, romantic love takes priority.
This was the Roaring Twenties, a time of great affluence and extravagance among wealthy Whites.
From Literature
Kadens, who grew up in Toledo, Ohio, before moving to Chicago, is tapping into what CSU President Z Scott calls students’ growing interest in self-made affluence, fueled partly by social media.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
