moneyed

Example Sentences

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Brad Reese spent his early childhood in Hershey, Pa. Immediately after the sale, his newly moneyed parents moved the family to Minneapolis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 28, 2026

But they weren’t moneyed enough to afford an apartment of their own, so they lived for long stretches with her parents.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

Anyway, if you’re a moneyed packrat with a ticket out of here, please don’t hesitate.

From Salon • Feb. 16, 2025

Even if the former president doesn’t headline a formal fundraiser, he could meet with influential and moneyed supporters amid the area’s palm-tree-lined golf courses and gated communities.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2024

When he was younger, he had admired people with moneyed childhoods and foreign accents, but he had come to sense an unvoiced yearning in them, a sad search for something they could never find.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie