How to Use the wealthy in a Sentence

the wealthy

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  • The truth was that the commission was a front for the wealthy.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2023
  • When the wealthy Will Darcy shows up, Lizzy is prepared to hate him.
    — Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2024
  • But the Earth might not be able to be bailed out if the wealthy continue to travel this way.
    — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 18 July 2023
  • But less than 10 miles to the northeast, in the wealthy city of San Marino, house sparrows were nowhere to be heard.
    — Dorany Pineda, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Owing to the prices, Cucinelli has long been the preserve of the wealthy and connoisseurs.
    — Jon Caramanica, Town & Country, 28 Feb. 2023
  • The tax increases are aimed at businesses and the wealthy and the tax cuts are aimed at the middle class.
    — Molly Beck, Journal Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2023
  • In his mind, the wealthy are the real victims, preyed upon by the scum-by-birth beneath them.
    — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 9 Feb. 2023
  • In the meantime, the strikes have taken a toll on everyone — except the wealthy few.
    — Erika D. Smith, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Lock in even more handouts to big corporations and the wealthy.
    — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Even entry-level homes there can seem reserved for the wealthy.
    — Mike Winters,gabriel Cortés, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2024
  • In all of them, the wealthy vigilante’s defining trait is his stoicism.
    — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Zoom in: Harris has paired her promise of higher taxes for the wealthy with a suite of tax cuts for the middle class.
    — Hans Nichols, Axios, 8 Sep. 2024
  • But many of these projects improve the lives of the wealthy, the upper-middle class, and the aspirational middle class.
    — Salil Tripathi, TIME, 5 June 2024
  • The former wants to keep the wealthy rich, the powerful in power, the elite ruling on endless repeat.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2024
  • In his plan, Biden is overtly declaring that the wealthy ought to shoulder a heavier tax burden.
    — Chris Megerian and Josh Boak, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Mar. 2023
  • But Democrats say the governor’s plan shifts the tax burden off the wealthy and onto those with lower incomes.
    — Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2024
  • Harris will likely try to paint Trump as someone who cuts taxes for the wealthy, but doesn’t do much for the middle class.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Indeed, the house is just a block from the wealthy resort village’s main square, Place du General de Gaulle.
    — Mark David, Robb Report, 7 Nov. 2023
  • Most of us are aware, in the wake of the Panama Papers and similar leaks, of the extent to which the assets of the wealthy are sluiced offshore into tax havens.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
  • This is not the Montana where the wealthy are building ski-in and ski-out mansions or refurbishing a trout stream on a new ranch.
    — Jim Robbins, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2021
  • If not, a trip down Death Road, to the wealthy undertaker, who cremates programs.
    — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2023
  • Travel, shopping, and dining ground to a halt, streets emptied, and the wealthy bought one-way plane tickets out of China.
    — Dake Kang, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Mar. 2023
  • But one thread runs through much of the wealthy opposition to the president: taxes.
    — David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2024
  • Jeffrey Epstein’s island is alleged to have been a secret haven for the misdeeds of the wealthy and the powerful.
    — Lucas Ropek / Gizmodo, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Until now, Harris has tended to make a case against Trump as a standard Republican who caters to the needs of the wealthy.
    — Rich Lowry, National Review, 25 Oct. 2024
  • The study found that the lower someone's income, the higher their tax rate, which lets the wealthy off the hook and hampers states' ability to raise revenue.
    — Harold Maass, The Week Us, theweek, 10 Jan. 2024
  • But despite all that, life just keeps getting more unbearable — for the wealthy and the poor, for humans and for animals.
    — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Jobs, medicine, and birthday presents are subject to the whims of the patrones, the wealthy landowners who drive cars while the regular people ride horses.
    — S. C. Cornell, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2023
  • The Fluffy Faux Fur Once upon a time, fur jackets were reserved for the wealthy elite, but with so many faux-fur styles on the market, just about anyone can get in on the trend.
    — Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 13 Oct. 2024
  • Elsewhere around the globe, several locales have become more attractive to the wealthy over the past few years.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 8 May 2024

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