well-to-do

Example Sentences

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Then, we decided with the club and him, and with Roberto as well, to do a normal transition.

From BBC • Sep. 24, 2025

My grandparents were not well to do, but their gift was making anyone at their table feel like they belonged.

From Salon • Feb. 4, 2025

“Our girls knew they needed to score well to do well.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 24, 2023

This account underscores the economic incentives in play as psychiatrists tried to reach consensus on how to describe specific disorders so that they could treat them — and be paid well to do so.

From Washington Post • Sep. 2, 2021

Nothing would go wrong in flight, we hoped, but if it did, the simulator should have prepared them well to do the right thing in any emergency.

From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins