affluent
adjective
having an abundance of wealth, property, or other material goods; prosperous; rich.
affluents
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pluralof affluent.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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This “we are like you, but slightly better” model has many less-affluent Millennials wishing for earlier times when affluents entirely segregated themselves rather than show them what they are missing out on.
From Forbes ● Oct. 2, 2012
The Amazonian affluents are mostly navigable from the main river to the foot of these cascades.
From South America and the War by F. A. (Frederick Alexander) Kirkpatrick
Its principal affluents are the Prosen on the right and the Noran on the left.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various
Hence we can expect no such vast extent of navigable water on them as the Mississippi and its affluents offer.
From The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce by William Denison Lyman
The Alaknanda, one of the main sources of the Ganges, receives with its affluents the whole drainage of the district.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various
