affluent
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The affluent coastal community gave its native son 51% of the vote in the June 2 primary, which would have been enough to win the job outright.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Houston's historic Old Braeswood neighbourhood is affluent and tree-lined.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
This combination — a demographic conveyor belt of affluent consumers entering the ages when gravity becomes an issue — is a compelling investment thesis.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 5, 2026
That frustrates some locals, who say affluent keyholders enjoy one of the island’s most valuable resources at the expense of the public.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
In this church of surging hope, of thumping and clapping, where Ifemelu imagined a swirl of affluent angels above, her mother’s spirit had found a home.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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
His chief purpose was to visit a natural bridge of rock across one of the affluents of the James river, in the Appalachian mountains.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by E. Rameur
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
After the introduction of chlorination it was found possible to increase the rates more rapidly without adversely affecting the purity of the mixed filter affluents.
From Chlorination of Water by Joseph Race
This river is 429 m. long and receives many affluents from the mountainous region through which it passes, but its course is very precipitous and its mouth obstructed by sand bars.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various
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