the well-to-do
Example Sentences
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Like the U.S. broadly, rich people are keeping the party going in New York, and powering a burgeoning local economy that caters to the well-to-do.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 1, 2025
“The finances of the well-to-do have never been better, their spending never stronger, and the economy never more dependent on that group,” Zandi told WSJ.
From Salon • Feb. 24, 2025
She met "people of all ages, from all classes, the well-to-do, the middle class and the poor".
From BBC • Aug. 15, 2024
Every now and again, the app mints an unlikely new star: Take the current obsession with the well-to-do Atlanta couple Jett Puckett and his wife, Campbell, or as he affectionately calls her, Pookie.
From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2024
“Where the well-to-do folks live? They have their own stores, paved roads...You've probably seen the path that leads to the side of town, lined with electric street lamps?”
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
