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Sanders has long condemned the gap between the haves and have-nots in America, and political analysts say his message resonates now because he’s tapped into mounting anger over wealth disparities.—John Blake, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2025 Children arrive into a trammeling grid of haves and have-nots set up long before their birth, a net that individual struggles serve only to tighten.—Benjamin Kunkel, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025 On the investment side, strong gains for housing and stocks are widening the have/have-not divide.—Russ Wiles, USA TODAY, 8 Oct. 2024 Investment gains widen the have/have-not divide This has been a year of rising personal wealth, with no signs of it abating.—Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 6 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for have-not
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