newly-rich
Example Sentences
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The krone, dropping dizzily, turned today's newly-rich bourgeois into tomorrow's bankrupt.
From Time Magazine Archive
Behold him in The Vortex, his first writing-acting success, backed by newly-rich Michael Arlen.
From Time Magazine Archive
These were bought up by anyone that came along and created a class of newly-rich that the country had never had before.
From Stories of the Prophets (Before the Exile) by Landman, Isaac
The newly-rich called him a robber and an enemy of the state.
From The Story of Mankind by Van Loon, Hendrik Willem
Court influence was strengthened in those days by the large number of newly-rich men, who bought their way into the House of Commons for personal reasons and could easily be attached to the King’s party.
From Thoughts on the Present Discontents, and Speeches, etc. by Morley, Henry
