better-off

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Recent Examples of better-off All of this opened an opportunity for businesses and better-off Pakistanis to begin importing solar panels from China, which can pay for themselves in as little as two years and free their users from the expensive, unreliable grid. Noah Gordon, Vox, 1 Dec. 2024 Millennials are also better-off financially than boomers were at the same age. Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2024 Adjusted for inflation, pay has increased very little since 2010, which means people aren’t substantially better-off. Hanna Ziady, CNN, 5 July 2024 Unlike their better-off friends, their use of private vehicles hasn’t budged. Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2024 It's said the better-off will get more than the less well-off from their vouchers; but at least the less well-off can choose a better school for their kids, and break them free from the lifetime consequences of being three grade levels behind in reading. Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2023 Slightly better-off Gazans are donating bags of rice and scraps of wood to encampments at UNRWA schools so that evacuees can cook plain rice on campfires and feed dozens. Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Oct. 2023 That doesn’t mean that low-income people get higher benefits than better-off people do. Tom Margenau, Dallas News, 6 Aug. 2023 Here, the better-off do not serve food to those without. Jordan Gale Jan Hoffman, New York Times, 31 July 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for better-off
Adjective
  • With its affluent Newport Beach backdrop, emotional needle drops, and witty banter — part Dawson’s Creek, part Gilmore Girls — creator Josh Schwartz’s hit brought an edgier flavor to the genre.
    Sezin Devi Koehler, EW.com, 8 Feb. 2025
  • Schools, charities and social enterprises are also flourishing, fueled by generous donations from these affluent newcomers.
    Kevin Lim, CNBC, 7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Studies show that optimists typically are happier, healthier, and more successful in life.
    Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The successful audit comes as the government’s finances face significant scrutiny from the new Trump administration after years of reckless spending and fiscal irresponsibility.
    Washington Examiner Staff, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 6 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Hsu played Shan Cai, a teenager from a middle-class family who attends an elite private school and becomes caught in a love web with the heirs of wealthy families.
    Sara Merican, Deadline, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Gates himself was the world’s wealthiest person, with Forbes estimating his net worth at $58 billion.
    Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 3 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Those writing the new constitution determined that men of substance, the wealthy, could be counted on to vote for men of good character who would end the chaos in the country and protect the interests of the propertied classes.
    Christine Adams / Made by History, TIME, 16 Sep. 2024
  • In many Islamic societies, propertied Muslims have ceded parts of their fortunes to charitable waqf entities that have funded services such as soup kitchens and hospitals.
    Mark Malloch-Brown, Foreign Affairs, 15 Jan. 2024
Adjective
  • The cache was discovered in a region that was prosperous in the early fourth century, Usherwood adds.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Jan. 2025
  • If both political parties can catch on to it, there's a wide-open pathway to a win that will make Americans more prosperous for decades to come.
    Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • As the calls occurred, Alexis was driving from the well-to-do suburb of Pétionville, passing the landmark Hexagon building that houses the Brazilian Embassy, en route to the presidential palace.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Sweeney plays Millie, a struggling young woman who finds a fresh start as a housemaid to the wealthy and well-to-do couple Nina (Amanda Seyfried) and Andrew (Brandon Sklenar).
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Lift to a point that feels comfortable on the back.
    Cory Martin, Verywell Health, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Home Electrification Fair Learn how to make your home healthier and more comfortable, while saving money and polluting less at the Home Electrification Fair.
    Encinitas Advocate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • As a result, despite Baltimore’s seeming head start on the Opportunity Zone law, that potential largely fizzled under the pressure of gentrification fears and monied interests and failed to capture the true potential of the legislation.
    Venroy July, Baltimore Sun, 28 Jan. 2025
  • While the extravagant top-secret initiation fees at the top clubs can soar to $1 million (not including annual dues or food and beverage minimums), the chance to join a club falls into the hands of older monied senior members who call the shots on who gets to be a part of their club.
    Jim Dobson, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025

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“Better-off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/better-off. Accessed 17 Feb. 2025.

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