haves

Example Sentences

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Foreign media gorged themselves on the tale of the haves and the have-nots.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

“For FX markets, this continues to look like a tale of the haves and the have-nots when it comes to energy independence,” he said.

From Barron's • Mar. 3, 2026

For many, the disparity between the haves and have-nots right there, on your phone, was too much to be ignored, in a country where youth unemployment stands at 20.6% and with three million working overseas.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

In New York, the tech industry is driving local economic growth like never before -- but it is also widening the gulf between the haves and have-nots.

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

She says we don’t want to create a class system in our cell, the haves and have nots.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez