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
But a navy doesn't serve well to do that: Your people are at sea, and you don't have nearly the manpower that you do in a standing army.
From Salon • Jul. 22, 2023
“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
