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 pork spending this year went to general funds for museums, trails, and other amenities, some of which are in well-to-do communities.
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Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 27 Nov. 2025
Dreaming of wider horizons, Afra is eager for news of Jerusalem, where her twentysomething neighbor Yusuf (Karim Daoud Anaya) travels by train for his job as an assistant to the well-to-do Amir (Dhafer L’Abidine) and his wife, Khuloud (Yasmine Al Massri).
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 26 Nov. 2025
One addition that the author appreciated was a moment between the movie’s hero and Amelia (Emilia Jones), a young, well-to-do woman whom Ben carjacks while on the run.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 12 Nov. 2025
The 1993 period drama, based on Edith Wharton’s novel, follows a well-to-do lawyer torn between duty and desire in 1870s New York society.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
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Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 27 Nov. 2025
Dreaming of wider horizons, Afra is eager for news of Jerusalem, where her twentysomething neighbor Yusuf (Karim Daoud Anaya) travels by train for his job as an assistant to the well-to-do Amir (Dhafer L’Abidine) and his wife, Khuloud (Yasmine Al Massri).
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 26 Nov. 2025
One addition that the author appreciated was a moment between the movie’s hero and Amelia (Emilia Jones), a young, well-to-do woman whom Ben carjacks while on the run.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 12 Nov. 2025
The 1993 period drama, based on Edith Wharton’s novel, follows a well-to-do lawyer torn between duty and desire in 1870s New York society.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 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 8 Dec. 2025.
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