Examples of have-not in a Sentence
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The toll of the pandemic and climate change keep exposing, in ways big and small, the grim inequities between the world’s haves and have-nots.
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Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2023
Then came the dissolution of the Southwest Conference, casting the league’s have-nots to the wind.
—Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 1 Sep. 2023
This might ruffle some fan feathers, but Palmera City does a good job of showing the division between the haves and have-nots.
—Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 16 Aug. 2023
The explosion of tourism over the years, however, has strained natural resources and astronomically driven up the cost of living – dividing the haves and have-nots in ways that felt untenable even before the fire’s devastation.
—Catherine Thorbecke, CNN, 15 Aug. 2023
At that point, there will be more have-nots than haves in major college football.
—Jon Wilner | , oregonlive, 14 Aug. 2023
While the topic was the dress code at a fine dining restaurant in Akron, comments from around the world reflected a social divide between liberals and conservatives, haves and have-nots, and angry folks with a gripe to air.
—Paris Wolfe, cleveland, 29 July 2023
Sternlicht argued this is evidence the office sector will be split into haves and have-nots in the coming years—and many have-nots may go out of business.
—Bywill Daniel, Fortune, 21 July 2023
But behind their prosperity is a workforce divided into haves and have-nots, based on their employment status.
—Naomi Nix, Washington Post, 5 July 2023
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Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2023
Then came the dissolution of the Southwest Conference, casting the league’s have-nots to the wind.
—Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 1 Sep. 2023
This might ruffle some fan feathers, but Palmera City does a good job of showing the division between the haves and have-nots.
—Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 16 Aug. 2023
The explosion of tourism over the years, however, has strained natural resources and astronomically driven up the cost of living – dividing the haves and have-nots in ways that felt untenable even before the fire’s devastation.
—Catherine Thorbecke, CNN, 15 Aug. 2023
At that point, there will be more have-nots than haves in major college football.
—Jon Wilner | , oregonlive, 14 Aug. 2023
While the topic was the dress code at a fine dining restaurant in Akron, comments from around the world reflected a social divide between liberals and conservatives, haves and have-nots, and angry folks with a gripe to air.
—Paris Wolfe, cleveland, 29 July 2023
Sternlicht argued this is evidence the office sector will be split into haves and have-nots in the coming years—and many have-nots may go out of business.
—Bywill Daniel, Fortune, 21 July 2023
But behind their prosperity is a workforce divided into haves and have-nots, based on their employment status.
—Naomi Nix, Washington Post, 5 July 2023
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First Known Use
1836, in the meaning defined above
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“Have-not.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/have-not. Accessed 25 Sep. 2023.
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have-not
nounˈhav-ˌnät,
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: one that is poor in material wealth
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