spread the wealth

idiom

: to share money or good fortune with others

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Recent Examples on the Web In recent years, hugely profitable start-ups have created relatively few new jobs and done little to spread the wealth. Robert Litan, Foreign Affairs, 15 Dec. 2014 The imperative is to spread the wealth more effectively -- to ensure that more tribes and powerful leaders have a stake in the current strategy and are therefore less likely to support the insurgency as a form of protest. Michael O'Hanlon, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2010 The program is designed to spread the wealth over a period of 10 years, the first three of which will be overseen by Latino Theater Company artistic director José Luis Valenzuela and renowned arts administrator Olga Garay-English. Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Oct. 2023 Use your money to spread the wealth and to encourage a more robust society in the face of emerging crises. Peter Knapp, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2023 See all Example Sentences for spread the wealth 

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“Spread the wealth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spread%20the%20wealth. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.

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