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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Since then, there have been a handful of well-to-do if less illustrious owners, and records show the property last changed hands in 2006 for $3.975 million.
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Mark David, Robb Report, 22 Nov. 2024
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Nov. 14, 2024
Danson plays Charles, a well-to-do retired professor of engineering, who after a year is still mourning his late wife.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
The Kims, a family struggling to make ends meet, set their scheming sights on the Parks, a well-to-do family with plenty of problems of their own, but also plenty of money to muffle their dysfunction.
—Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 29 Oct. 2024
So when any sliver of private land or an already existing home hits the market, there’s usually a long line of well-to-do professionals and would-be Airbnb investors from coastal cities ready to drive the price out of reach for even the most industrious working people.
—Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
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Mark David, Robb Report, 22 Nov. 2024
Television Ted Danson and Mike Schur celebrate ‘living a bigger life’ with age in ‘A Man on the Inside’
Nov. 14, 2024
Danson plays Charles, a well-to-do retired professor of engineering, who after a year is still mourning his late wife.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
The Kims, a family struggling to make ends meet, set their scheming sights on the Parks, a well-to-do family with plenty of problems of their own, but also plenty of money to muffle their dysfunction.
—Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 29 Oct. 2024
So when any sliver of private land or an already existing home hits the market, there’s usually a long line of well-to-do professionals and would-be Airbnb investors from coastal cities ready to drive the price out of reach for even the most industrious working people.
—Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
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