well-to-do
adjective
: having more than adequate financial resources : prosperous
a well-to-do family
Examples of well-to-do in a Sentence
a doctor who is now quite well-to-do as a result of his successful medical practice
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Then came an all-out effort to attract more families from the school’s well-to-do Lincoln Square neighborhood.
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Mila Koumpilova, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2026
In the 2006 film Friends with Money, Cusack played the role of Franny, one of Olivia’s (Jennifer Aniston) three well-to-do friends.
—Laura Millar, PEOPLE, 20 June 2026
Through the war, the well-to-do English reader with two pounds, twelve shilling and six pence to spare could follow news from this faraway land across a series of maps.
—April White, JSTOR Daily, 17 June 2026
The lobby is filled with well-to-do patrons, and seeing children in tow is not unusual.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 June 2026
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Mila Koumpilova, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2026
In the 2006 film Friends with Money, Cusack played the role of Franny, one of Olivia’s (Jennifer Aniston) three well-to-do friends.
—Laura Millar, PEOPLE, 20 June 2026
Through the war, the well-to-do English reader with two pounds, twelve shilling and six pence to spare could follow news from this faraway land across a series of maps.
—April White, JSTOR Daily, 17 June 2026
The lobby is filled with well-to-do patrons, and seeing children in tow is not unusual.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 June 2026
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