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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Tad grew up in West Orange, New Jersey, in a well-to-do family.
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David Remnick, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
Once the cheerful daughter of a well-to-do family, Milou was deeply shaken at age 11 by the near-fatal illness of her beloved brother.
—Charles Lane, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2026
But, pulling from his own experience growing up at a well-to-do London school, Froushan tapped into that same sense of wanting to be like everyone else.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 10 Mar. 2026
Pfeiffer will play Stacy, the matriarch of the well-to-do New York City Clyburn clan, who leave for central Montana in the wake of tragedy.
—Uwa Ede-Osifo, Dallas Morning News, 2 Mar. 2026
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David Remnick, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
Once the cheerful daughter of a well-to-do family, Milou was deeply shaken at age 11 by the near-fatal illness of her beloved brother.
—Charles Lane, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2026
But, pulling from his own experience growing up at a well-to-do London school, Froushan tapped into that same sense of wanting to be like everyone else.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 10 Mar. 2026
Pfeiffer will play Stacy, the matriarch of the well-to-do New York City Clyburn clan, who leave for central Montana in the wake of tragedy.
—Uwa Ede-Osifo, Dallas Morning News, 2 Mar. 2026
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 28 Mar. 2026.
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