affluent
Example Sentences
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A stock selloff could take the wind out of affluent families’ spending, as higher gas prices push lower-income families over the edge.
Scammers often do research to target the affluent and highly educated.
“People would love to make this a kind of us versus them, you know, affluent businesspeople trying to keep out workers,” said Larry Kamer, a communications consultant who helped organize the opposition.
The SNP also promised to invest £1bn to close the "attainment gap" in schools - the difference in performance between pupils from more affluent and more deprived backgrounds.
From BBC
Ms. Andrade seems to have grown up in a fairly affluent environment—peacocks stroll about the family swimming pool, and her mother exposed her to sports and ballet from an early age.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
