well-to-do

Example Sentences

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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

That means the less well-to-do schools are much, much worse.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

Lindblad was born and grew up in well-to-do Virginia Water in Surrey, and is the first to acknowledge that he has been helped on his way by the relative comfort of his background.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

By African standards, Winnie was from a well-to-do family and had been shielded from some of the more unpleasant realities of life in South Africa.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela