the wealthy

noun

: wealthy people
policies to benefit the wealthy

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Moss, the son of renowned architect Eric Owen Moss, grew up in the wealthy Southern California enclaves of Pacific Palisades. Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 3 Nov. 2025 Among Franco’s other movies about worlds in turmoil is New Order, the 2020 Spanish language drama that portrayed a coup d’état in which the wealthy ruling class is replaced by a militarized regime, and which bowed in Venice. Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 31 Oct. 2025 After all, the film series follows a group of street magicians — played by Eisenberg, Harrelson, Isla Fisher, and Dave Franco — who famously use tricks to steal from the wealthy. Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025 Earlier this month, parts of several properties’ backyards in the wealthy enclave of Rancho Palo Verdes, 25 miles south of Los Angeles, crumbled into the ocean due to a landslide. Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the wealthy

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