have-not

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Recent Examples of have-not To some extent, millennial wealth is a story of haves and have-nots. Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2025 That gap in the spending patterns of the haves and have-nots is just one indication of how inequality is on the rise. Iese Business School, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025 Listen to this article America is currently at war with itself over who constitutes the haves and have-nots, and what ethnic groups have faced the most discrimination. Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025 One is the friction between the haves and have-nots, an old and sturdy foundation on which to build a specific, meaningful tension between two people with differences posing a real test to their attraction. Charles Bramesco, Vulture, 10 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for have-not

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“Have-not.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/have-not. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.

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