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And 70% said the economic system favors the wealthy rather than treating most Americans fairly.—
Luke Fountain,alex Harring,
CNBC,
7 Nov. 2026 The film takes place in the 1920s, and its action is confined pretty much entirely to an elaborate complex of homes belonging to the wealthy family into which 19-year-old Songlian (Gong) marries.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
6 Nov. 2026 Philanthropic initiatives from the wealthy cannot be relied upon to address this gap, Gates said in a recent interview with The Financial Times.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2026 Created by playwright Kat Sandler, who adapted her own material for the small screen, Yaga stars Noah Reid as Rapp, a private investigator hired by the wealthy family of a fishery empire to find their missing son, Henry Park (Hudson Williams).—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Nov. 2026 See All Example Sentences for the wealthy