high-income
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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That’s because if high-income shoppers scale back their spending, then the other horizontal lines of the “E” — the lower and middle classes — may not have enough spending power to keep the economy afloat.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026
In addition, most of the available data comes from high-income countries.
From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026
Citing data from the Internal Revenue Service, Bloomberg reported on Friday that 70% of income taken out of the state in 2023 was by high-income taxpayers who moved.
From Barron's • Mar. 21, 2026
That, in turn, could undermine financing for the AI investment that has propped up growth or spending by high-income consumers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026
These elite colleges are so expensive that even many high-income students receive large grants.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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