of independent means
Example Sentences
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Dutifully addressed are the early years, when Bishop’s mother was committed to a sanitarium, and Bishop, an only child of independent means, was sent to live with grandparents in Nova Scotia.
From New York Times • May 25, 2015
"Salaries were very low in the art world; museums were places where ladies and gentlemen of independent means, often smart, educated people, could volunteer and do important work," Holo says.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2015
In 1971, after three years, Wagstaff left Detroit and moved to New York, where, as a man of independent means, he curated shows and wrote articles.
From Washington Post • Dec. 31, 2014
Orchestra Celebrates 25th With Beethoven No. 9 For any artistic organization of independent means to survive and flourish for 25 years is a real achievement.
From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2010
In no case did a proprietor report that he had been an inheritor of independent means or a gentleman of leisure, and had thus found the road which had led him into business.
From The Negro at Work in New York City A Study in Economic Progress by Haynes, George Edmund
