well-heeled

Example Sentences

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Someone who has no retirement savings in middle age can, unfortunately, receive the same amount of scorn as a well-heeled retiree who has $10 million in middle age.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

"They tended to be very well-heeled gentry who'd come and stay at the likes of places like Chatsworth and be taken on a tour of the Peak District," says John.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

Carriers such as Delta and United that cater to well-heeled customers who buy premium tickets have said they believe they can recoup their costs by charging more for tickets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Those events, Martinez says, are not experienced evenly across the city — particularly by the well-heeled audience that attends Frieze and spends $85 to $106 for weekend general admission tickets.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

The staffs living standards would improve in time, but not until the appearance on the scene of an especially well-heeled patron, the United States government.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik