better-off
Example Sentences
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The gap is the difference between the 86.6% of better-off students who got A to C grades this year, compared to 71% of those in the most deprived areas.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
In some ways, the constituency is divided between the better-off neighbourhoods of Ashton, Orrell, and Winstanley in the west, and the more deprived areas of Platt Bridge, Abram and Hindley in the east.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
These retailers are aggressively courting better-off customers at the same time that their traditional customers are cutting back due to inflation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 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
In 1793 over 50 percent of Philadelphia’s blacks were live-in domestic workers, doing the cooking, cleaning, laundering, and child caring for better-off whites.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
