the wealthy

noun

: wealthy people
policies to benefit the wealthy

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Disaster assistance also tends to benefit the wealthy, who may have more time and resources to navigate the paperwork and process. Nichole Wissman, The Conversation, 18 Feb. 2025 Switzerland offers a two-tier healthcare system in which the wealthy can pay for better care and bigger rooms within hospitals where the poorer share. Adam Solomons, IndieWire, 17 Feb. 2025 To remove our least expensive and most accessible coin in the new age of Bitcoin, the exclusive currency of the wealthy few, would send a terrible message to ordinary Americans. Harold Holzer, New York Daily News, 13 Feb. 2025 The Korean dark comedy about greed and class discrimination in a symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan grossed $53 million domestic ($260 million worldwide). Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 7 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the wealthy

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