wealthier; wealthiest
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He is a wealthy entrepreneur.
the wealthiest nations in the world
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One way to see government spending is as a luxury that wealthier societies can afford.
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James Broughel, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
Beginning in the 1970s and ’80s, wealthy nations exported such unloved materials as asbestos and DDT to impoverished nations like Benin and Haiti, which were desperate to develop their economies yet rarely possessed facilities capable of properly disposing of toxic materials.
—Scott W. Stern, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2025
The ‘Acid-Bath’ Murders After he was released from prison in 1944 following a fraud conviction, Haigh first targeted a wealthy former friend, William McSwann, according to Cambridge University.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 9 Mar. 2025
That makes eminent sense, given that — even with economic stagnation on much of the continent due in part to the robust welfare states Europeans have built while scrimping on defense spending — Europe as a whole is far wealthier than Russia, with a GDP 10 times larger.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 8 Mar. 2025
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James Broughel, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
Beginning in the 1970s and ’80s, wealthy nations exported such unloved materials as asbestos and DDT to impoverished nations like Benin and Haiti, which were desperate to develop their economies yet rarely possessed facilities capable of properly disposing of toxic materials.
—Scott W. Stern, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2025
The ‘Acid-Bath’ Murders After he was released from prison in 1944 following a fraud conviction, Haigh first targeted a wealthy former friend, William McSwann, according to Cambridge University.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 9 Mar. 2025
That makes eminent sense, given that — even with economic stagnation on much of the continent due in part to the robust welfare states Europeans have built while scrimping on defense spending — Europe as a whole is far wealthier than Russia, with a GDP 10 times larger.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 8 Mar. 2025
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“Wealthy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wealthy. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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