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Recent Examples of better-off
Millennials are also better-off financially than boomers were at the same age.
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Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2024
Adjusted for inflation, pay has increased very little since 2010, which means people aren’t substantially better-off.
—Hanna Ziady, CNN, 5 July 2024
Unlike their better-off friends, their use of private vehicles hasn’t budged.
—Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2024
It's said the better-off will get more than the less well-off from their vouchers; but at least the less well-off can choose a better school for their kids, and break them free from the lifetime consequences of being three grade levels behind in reading.
—Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2023
Slightly better-off Gazans are donating bags of rice and scraps of wood to encampments at UNRWA schools so that evacuees can cook plain rice on campfires and feed dozens.
—Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Oct. 2023
That doesn’t mean that low-income people get higher benefits than better-off people do.
—Tom Margenau, Dallas News, 6 Aug. 2023
Here, the better-off do not serve food to those without.
—Jordan Gale Jan Hoffman, New York Times, 31 July 2023
The author makes the discomfiting argument that better-off Americans benefit, whether knowingly or unknowingly, from the impoverishment of their fellow citizens.
—Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Apr. 2023
Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2024
Adjusted for inflation, pay has increased very little since 2010, which means people aren’t substantially better-off.
—Hanna Ziady, CNN, 5 July 2024
Unlike their better-off friends, their use of private vehicles hasn’t budged.
—Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2024
It's said the better-off will get more than the less well-off from their vouchers; but at least the less well-off can choose a better school for their kids, and break them free from the lifetime consequences of being three grade levels behind in reading.
—Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2023
Slightly better-off Gazans are donating bags of rice and scraps of wood to encampments at UNRWA schools so that evacuees can cook plain rice on campfires and feed dozens.
—Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Oct. 2023
That doesn’t mean that low-income people get higher benefits than better-off people do.
—Tom Margenau, Dallas News, 6 Aug. 2023
Here, the better-off do not serve food to those without.
—Jordan Gale Jan Hoffman, New York Times, 31 July 2023
The author makes the discomfiting argument that better-off Americans benefit, whether knowingly or unknowingly, from the impoverishment of their fellow citizens.
—Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Apr. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for better-off
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Can the party of the universities, the affluent suburbs and the hipster urban cores do this?David Brooks, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
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Since then, the county’s partisan shift has made national news, with the state’s most affluent big county swinging almost entirely to support Democrats, from presidential candidates on down.Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
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Research also points to the impact that the digital divide has on lower-income students setting themselves up for successful college entrance, or even attending college at all.Advertorial, Orange County Register, 6 Nov. 2024
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Conclusion Knowing your audience is among the most important criteria for successful mobile marketing.Boris Abaev, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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That puts it reassuringly outside the capability of even a wealthy tech bro, who wouldn’t have the money or the diplomatic alliances required, as Cynthia Scharf, senior fellow at the International Center for Future Generations, told me.Lara Williams, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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The opposing views underscored the challenge at the heart of the climate negotiations: while nations are urged to shift to green energy sources, many, including wealthy Western nations, continue to rely on fossil fuels.Reuters, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Those writing the new constitution determined that men of substance, the wealthy, could be counted on to vote for men of good character who would end the chaos in the country and protect the interests of the propertied classes.Christine Adams / Made by History, TIME, 16 Sep. 2024
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In many Islamic societies, propertied Muslims have ceded parts of their fortunes to charitable waqf entities that have funded services such as soup kitchens and hospitals.Mark Malloch-Brown, Foreign Affairs, 15 Jan. 2024
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Both seek to represent one of the most prosperous areas of the county.Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
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His surname is derived from Ar-Ramtha, a city on the northern edge of Jordan which grew prosperous through the illicit transit of goods in and out of the country.Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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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
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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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Underfoot, the flexible sole provides unobtrusive support and a stable, comfortable platform without drawing attention to itself.The Editors, Outside Online, 18 Nov. 2024
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Seating is comfortable for five adults, with the experience provided by synthetic leather upholstery in lower trims, Genuine leather and Nappa leather in upper trims.James Raia, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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Musk has placed himself front and center among Trump’s monied supporters.Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
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With blockchain, NFTs and smart contracts, players themselves can capture that value, amplify their voices through involvement in DAOs and leverage AI to build the sort of mighty IPs previously only achievable by monied corporations.Saro McKenna, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Better-off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/better-off. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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