the haves

plural noun

: people who have a lot of money and possessions : wealthy people

—usually used in the phrase the haves and the have-nots

the gap between the haves and the have-nots

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The second annual event is modeled after the Netflix hit, which centers around the haves (Kooks) and the have-nots (Pogues), who are going through teenager-hood while on an island solving murders and mysteries. —

Anaja I. Smith, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Nov. 2024 And then the second big thesis was that scale was going to matter more than ever in our industry, and technology was being a big driver of that, bifurcating the industry into the haves and the have-nots. —

Jane Thier, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2024 Taylor Wilson: There's clearly a gap between the haves and have-nots. —

Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2024 In the meantime, inequality is passed down from generation to generation, giving the children of the wealthy a better shot at getting into the top schools and living in the best neighborhoods, perpetuating a cycle of ever-deeper division between the haves and the have-nots. —

Joseph E. Stiglitz, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2019 See all Example Sentences for the haves