monied

Example Sentences

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Neighborhood advocates who believed she was too beholden to downtown’s monied interests.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 5, 2023

Democracy means rule of the people, not rule of monarchs, not rule of the monied, not rule of the mighty.

From Salon • Oct. 2, 2023

“It’s not what you would portray it as, as just some kind of monied factory.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 27, 2023

The invented deal was that the monied mother would give a share of the new business to him and Coleen, while Karen offered to invest money from an inheritance and rental incomes.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2023

He is dressed in white shorts and a white shirt, an outfit which makes him look like a boy...a good boy...the only son of monied, unloving tycoons.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez