well-off

Example Sentences

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Hermès, Brunello Cucinelli and Ferrari all recently reported strong sales from the richest customers, while some companies that target the merely well-off are facing flagging demand.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

They came from quite well-off backgrounds, but then they lost everything.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

While artificial intelligence investments and spending by well-off families have powered the robust economic growth, it remains unclear if most households will feel uplifted by this boom.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

“Very well-off Americans with high incomes have come to see themselves in the same camp as the very rich, even though their interests align much more with the middle class,” says Boston College’s Madoff.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

The parents are Ser Piero di Antonio, a well-off notary, and Caterina di Meo Lippi, a poor peasant teenager.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day