well-to-do
adjective
: having more than adequate financial resources : prosperous
a well-to-do family
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a doctor who is now quite well-to-do as a result of his successful medical practice
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The Ivy League graduate from a well-to-do family was arrested Monday in Altoona, Pennsylvania, after a customer at a McDonald's spotted him and alerted the restaurant.
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Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
And the people who own property are, by and large, real estate investors, skiers with enough money to afford a second home or well-to-do retirees who headed for the hills to escape the congestion of coastal cities.
—Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
Since then, more information has emerged about a young man from a well-to-do Baltimore family who appeared to suffer from debilitating back pain and suddenly disappeared about six months ago.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 9 Dec. 2024
Naturally any stock market advances at any time skew toward the very few rich simply because the truly rich, as opposed to the W-2 well-to-do, get that way by putting their surplus to work via investment.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
And the people who own property are, by and large, real estate investors, skiers with enough money to afford a second home or well-to-do retirees who headed for the hills to escape the congestion of coastal cities.
—Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
Since then, more information has emerged about a young man from a well-to-do Baltimore family who appeared to suffer from debilitating back pain and suddenly disappeared about six months ago.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 9 Dec. 2024
Naturally any stock market advances at any time skew toward the very few rich simply because the truly rich, as opposed to the W-2 well-to-do, get that way by putting their surplus to work via investment.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Well-to-do.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/well-to-do. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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