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well-to-do

[wel-tuh-doo] / ˈwɛl təˈdu /


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If it makes Ms. Kenny feel any better, these methods don’t work in well-to-do schools either.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

In the early days, such caps would affect only a small number of well-to-do retirees.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026

Nob Hill had a reputation as a relatively well-to-do enclave, but here, in its outer reaches, the vacancies were becoming hard to ignore.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

“Shunsuke is from a well-to-do family, so I wanted to give him a vibrant, youthful and also a cute look,” notes Hibino.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

A man who might have been well-to-do on ten acres in Europe was rat-poor on two thousand in California.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck




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