affluent
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Viking distinguishes itself from other major cruise lines, though, marketing its smaller ships, included excursions and emphasis on time ashore to an older, more affluent customer base, StoneX analyst Mike Hickey says in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
But because the survey only interviewed “heads of household,” the data skewed toward Gen Z-ers who were already affluent enough to lead a household at a young age.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
Houston's historic Old Braeswood neighbourhood is affluent and tree-lined.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
The firearms retailer never got any formal complaints at that location, according to city officials in Goleta, an affluent Santa Barbara County coastal town.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Even the affluent young are increasingly unlikely to spend their summers learning how the “other half” lives, as lifeguards, waitresses, or housekeepers at resort hotels.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
This “we are like you, but slightly better” model has many less-affluent Millennials wishing for earlier times when affluents entirely segregated themselves rather than show them what they are missing out on.
From Forbes ● Oct. 2, 2012
Its principal affluents are the Idria, the Wippach and the Torre with its tributary the Judrio, which forms for a short distance the boundary between Austria and Italy.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various
The Alaknanda, one of the main sources of the Ganges, receives with its affluents the whole drainage of the district.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various
Of its numerous affluents the most important is the Sil, which rises among the lofty mountains between Leon and Asturias.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various
Its length is 1160 m., and with its affluents it drains an area of about 200,000 sq. m.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various
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