better-off
Example Sentences
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That's because 86.6% of better-off students got an A to C grades this year as opposed to 71% of those in the most deprived areas.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Yes, good public schools exist, but they tend to be in communities where only the better-off can afford to live.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
Bankers interpret this as a sign that slightly better-off consumers are absorbing the higher prices, while lower-income customers are increasingly cutting back or seeking cheaper alternatives.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 8, 2026
The government said offering an alternative would "break down barriers to opportunity", because white working class pupils were twice as likely to need to resit than their better-off classmates.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2025
South Shore hadn’t yet tilted the way other neighborhoods had—with the better-off people long departed for the suburbs, the neighborhood businesses closing one by one, the blight setting in—but the tilt was clearly beginning.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
