as in influx
a flowing or coming in
this affluence of new students is straining an already crowded school system
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Recent Examples of affluence
The young region’s growing affluence will also increase consumer spending, further spurring growth.
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Angelica Ang, Fortune, 12 Dec. 2025
From the nineteen-fifties on, the Grisons went from rural poverty to Alpine affluence on the backs of tourism, high-tech industries, and hydropower.
—Simon Akam, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
There’s high taste levels, affluence.
—Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 28 Nov. 2025
This is one of many examples during the story of the tension between differing levels of affluence—and how that affects the characters ability to connect on a deeper level.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Nov. 2025
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Angelica Ang, Fortune, 12 Dec. 2025
From the nineteen-fifties on, the Grisons went from rural poverty to Alpine affluence on the backs of tourism, high-tech industries, and hydropower.
—Simon Akam, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
There’s high taste levels, affluence.
—Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 28 Nov. 2025
This is one of many examples during the story of the tension between differing levels of affluence—and how that affects the characters ability to connect on a deeper level.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for affluence
Recent Examples of Synonyms for affluence
influx
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For communities like Villnöss, the current influx may yet turn out to be the calm before a far larger storm.—
Barbie Latza Nadeau,
CNN Money,
31 Jan. 2026
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These and other groceries would be distributed to families who’d been too afraid to send their children to school in the weeks since an influx of agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement began operations in the city, in December.—
Emily Witt,
New Yorker,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Affluence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/affluence. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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