monied
Americanadjective
adjective
Example Sentences
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She stands out, even against the blinding opulence of monied New York.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2024
The army tacitly understood Adolf Hitler, the new chancellor, as a pliable figurehead whom they and the monied classes could control.
From Salon • Feb. 4, 2024
The invented deal was that the monied mother would give a share of the new business to him and Coleen, while Karen offered to invest money from an inheritance and rental incomes.
From BBC • Feb. 13, 2023
As for the monied class that claims to believe in the movement, the jury is out.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2022
Here lived the big-time politicians, the monied brewery families, the well-to-do immigrants who had been able to come over first-class instead of steerage.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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