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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In its center, from which the well-to-do have long decamped, decrepit high-rises have been most successfully revitalized by the Homeless Movement of the Center (MSTC), a collective of squatters affiliated with the larger Front Line of the Struggle for Housing (FLM).
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Michaëla De Lacaze Mohrmann, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
The itinerant Friend’s spectacular style drew a steady drumbeat of new followers, many of them well-to-do merchants.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Louis Bardot, her father, was a well-to-do businessman.
—Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 29 Dec. 2025
Born in Paris on September 28, 1934, Bardot grew up in a well-to-do, conservative Catholic family.
—Tim Grierson, Rolling Stone, 28 Dec. 2025
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Michaëla De Lacaze Mohrmann, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
The itinerant Friend’s spectacular style drew a steady drumbeat of new followers, many of them well-to-do merchants.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Louis Bardot, her father, was a well-to-do businessman.
—Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 29 Dec. 2025
Born in Paris on September 28, 1934, Bardot grew up in a well-to-do, conservative Catholic family.
—Tim Grierson, Rolling Stone, 28 Dec. 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 9 Jan. 2026.
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