monied
Americanadjective
adjective
Example Sentences
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The barb was part of a full-on assault on the state’s monied class, which includes Steyer, who made his fortune as a hedge fund manager.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2026
It stretches along the Arabian Sea, across the water from places like Dubai, which has risen from the sands into glittering, monied skyscrapers.
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2025
Neighborhood advocates who believed she was too beholden to downtown’s monied interests.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 5, 2023
Democracy means rule of the people, not rule of monarchs, not rule of the monied, not rule of the mighty.
From Salon • Oct. 2, 2023
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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