as in wealthy
having goods, property, or money in abundance
he is affluent and can afford to send his children to the best schools
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as in tributary
a stream that flows into a larger body of water
the Nipigon and the St. Louis rivers are affluents of Lake Superior
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Recent Examples of affluent
David Goodman, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
But so are larger, more affluent cities, such as San Francisco with its collapsing downtown office market, or Houston, New York and Miami, which face growing costs from climate change.
—John Rennie Short, The Conversation, 20 Feb. 2025
Byprarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 30 Oct. 2024
Prospects for luxury spending has worsened since June’s survey among a comparable sample of 400 affluents.
—Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
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Adjective
Neighboring ski resorts were spending tens of millions on luxurious makeovers and marketing themselves to a more affluent clientele.
—David Goodman, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
But so are larger, more affluent cities, such as San Francisco with its collapsing downtown office market, or Houston, New York and Miami, which face growing costs from climate change.
—John Rennie Short, The Conversation, 20 Feb. 2025
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Norway green-lit an increase in taxes earlier this year, causing its affluent to flee to Switzerland to dodge taxes.
—Byprarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 30 Oct. 2024
Prospects for luxury spending has worsened since June’s survey among a comparable sample of 400 affluents.
—Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
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Trump this week announced the creation of a new investment visa that gives the overseas wealthy permanent residency and a path to citizenship in return for $5 million.—
Robert Frank,
CNBC,
27 Feb. 2025
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Democrats are likely to vote in lockstep against the legislation, seeing it as primarily benefiting the very wealthy.—
Axios,
Axios,
27 Feb. 2025
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Similar to the Colorado river in northern Arizona, the Charyn River and its tributaries spent millions of years eroding the arid landscape into crazy shapes and a palette of rocky reds, oranges, ochers, yellows, and whites.—
Joe Yogerst,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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Their native range includes parts of lower Canada, the upper Midwest, the Great Lakes and its tributaries, the Ohio River Basin, and parts of Appalachia.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
20 Feb. 2025
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Their roster is rich with talented young players, including a terrific goaltender in Lukas Dostal, and there are signs that Anaheim is starting to figure it out.—
Carol Schram,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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The fruit is rich in vitamin C, potassium, magnesium, as well as antioxidants, and potassium.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
1 Mar. 2025
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“Affluent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/affluent. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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