well-to-do
adjective
: having more than adequate financial resources : prosperous
a well-to-do family
Examples of well-to-do in a Sentence
a doctor who is now quite well-to-do as a result of his successful medical practice
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The new Prime Video miniseries The Girlfriend is about Laura, a well-to-do American expat living in London whose maternal instincts come out when her young-adult son Daniel starts dating Cherry, a working-class woman who’s clearly a gold digger, and possibly dangerous beyond that.
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Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
In the novel, Heathcliff is taken in as a mysterious orphan by a well-to-do family and forms an intense bond with their daughter, Catherine.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
Upon returning to the United States, Zwick was accepted into the American Film Institute’s (AFI) program for would-be filmmakers, plus Allen connected him to the well-to-do daughter of a Bel-Air ad mogul.
—John Tamny, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Tennis has often been used as cinematic shorthand for a leisure activity among the well-to-do, and A Room with a View showcases this better than most.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
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Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
In the novel, Heathcliff is taken in as a mysterious orphan by a well-to-do family and forms an intense bond with their daughter, Catherine.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
Upon returning to the United States, Zwick was accepted into the American Film Institute’s (AFI) program for would-be filmmakers, plus Allen connected him to the well-to-do daughter of a Bel-Air ad mogul.
—John Tamny, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Tennis has often been used as cinematic shorthand for a leisure activity among the well-to-do, and A Room with a View showcases this better than most.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for well-to-do
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“Well-to-do.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/well-to-do. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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