as in wealth
the total of one's money and property
industrialists who had amassed riches of a magnitude that few had dreamed possible
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New England is proof rags-to-riches is still a thing in the NFL.
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Greg Cote
january 26, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2026
Like them, its rags-to-riches-to-near-ruin storytelling is simplistic, the celluloid craftsmanship B-grade, the acting nothing to write home about.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 23 Jan. 2026
Fernando Mendoza bulldozed his way into the end zone and Indiana bullied its way into the history books Monday night, toppling Miami 27-21 to put the finishing touch on a rags-to-riches story, an undefeated season and the national title.
—Arkansas Online, 20 Jan. 2026
But when the 2008 financial crisis hits, their rags-to-riches story returns to rags as their empire collapses almost overnight.
—Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 10 Nov. 2025
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Greg Cote
january 26, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2026
Like them, its rags-to-riches-to-near-ruin storytelling is simplistic, the celluloid craftsmanship B-grade, the acting nothing to write home about.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 23 Jan. 2026
Fernando Mendoza bulldozed his way into the end zone and Indiana bullied its way into the history books Monday night, toppling Miami 27-21 to put the finishing touch on a rags-to-riches story, an undefeated season and the national title.
—Arkansas Online, 20 Jan. 2026
But when the 2008 financial crisis hits, their rags-to-riches story returns to rags as their empire collapses almost overnight.
—Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 10 Nov. 2025
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“Riches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/riches. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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