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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—Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
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Rai Mincey, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
Debbi Morgan and Richard Lawson wobble around in the background as Good’s well-to-do but implausibly written parents.
—Nicholas Bell, SPIN, 17 Dec. 2024
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.
—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
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“Well-to-do.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/well-to-do. Accessed 3 Jan. 2025.
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