How to Use well-to-do in a Sentence
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And why should well-to-do passengers be getting a free ride?
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 8 May 2026
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The couple lived in a well-to-do neighborhood.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
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Like coming home to one’s well-to-do grandparents for dinner.
—Christian Martinez, Robb Report, 19 Aug. 2024
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These parents were portrayed as well-to-do and well-organized.
—Zachary Siegel, The New Republic, 27 June 2023
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To be clear, this is a depiction of a relatively well-to-do turf house.
—Amelia Soth, JSTOR Daily, 15 July 2026
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Johnson and his bandmates were free Black men; the audience was white and well-to-do.
—Richard Grant, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Mar. 2023
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Louis Bardot, her father, was a well-to-do businessman.
—Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 29 Dec. 2025
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Eventually, the well-to-do, or working rich, start hurting too.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 26 Apr. 2026
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The lobby is filled with well-to-do patrons, and seeing children in tow is not unusual.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 June 2026
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If stocks keep rising or move sideways, the well-to-do consumer can support the economy.
—Richard Kestenbaum, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
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That’s why the patient investor can combine prudence with time to become a well-to-do retiree.
—John Tamny, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
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The well-to-do, on the other hand, are more likely to be worrying about their jobs and stock portfolios.
—Heard Editors, WSJ, 17 Feb. 2023
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Born to a well-to-do family in Voghera, Italy, south of Milan.
—Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
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An estate sale is, of course, often associated with the well-to-do.
—Lisa Respers France, CNN, 1 Apr. 2023
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Cheol-woong, played by Choo Young-woo, is the only son of a well-to-do family.
—Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
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Most of the people making money at auctions are the already well-to-do, the company says.
—Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 27 May 2026
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This would be an expensive deficit-expanding tax cut for folks in blue states that are relatively well-to-do.
—Kate Murphy, Axios, 14 Jan. 2025
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In the reboot, Constance, now a well-to-do widow, owns the catering company.
—Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2023
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Yamazaki’s mother was the daughter of a well-to-do wholesale produce broker.
—John McMurtrie, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2023
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Was the Met this starved for money to end up restricting access to less well-to-do sections of our society?
—Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
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With her hands clasped to the sides of her face, the well-to-do woman is said to have demonstrated her request by lifting the corners of her mouth and cheeks.
—Leah Dolan, CNN, 22 Mar. 2025
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Milner was a well-to-do veterinarian, worth millions.
—Natalie Morales, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
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Before she got married, Kate was already relatively well-to-do.
—Mallory Moench, TIME, 4 May 2024
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His mother was German, his father was Spanish and the family was well-to-do.
—Penelope Green, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2024
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Tad grew up in West Orange, New Jersey, in a well-to-do family.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
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It was brought to the region by well-to-do British and American expats, and took hold only among local elites.
—Stefan Szymanski, Fortune, 7 June 2023
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The princess is the oldest of three children brought up in a well-to-do neighborhood in Berkshire, west of London.
—arkansasonline.com, 22 Mar. 2024
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Through the war, the well-to-do English reader with two pounds, twelve shilling and six pence to spare could follow news from this faraway land across a series of maps.
—April White, JSTOR Daily, 17 June 2026
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And what fun to see Felix — now a successful artist — looking so suave and well-to-do after all the drama of his 20s!
—Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 30 June 2024
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In Morocco, in particular, riads were the grand city homes of well-to-do families.
—Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
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