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wealthy

Definition for wealthy

adjective as in rich; having a lot of money

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He has suggested he could raise $10bn in revenue by increasing taxes for wealthy corporations and the top one percent of earners in New York - but that would require approval from the state's governor.

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Read: Expedia says people are still making travel plans — and it’s not just the wealthy.

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Mamdani won on a plan to offer free bus rides, freeze rents, increase taxes on the wealthy and corporations, and create city-owned grocery stores.

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Sánchez was born in 1971 in Mexicali, Baja California, to the maid of a wealthy banker.

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Mamdani ran a left-wing populist campaign that focused on a rent freeze, free buses and universal childcare, paid for by new taxes on the wealthy.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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