Example Sentences

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“Almost all of that overlooks every single person in a nonaffluent community like West Oakland,” Ms. Session said.

From New York Times • May 13, 2024

The daughter of a letter-carrier father and a homemaker mother, Bass grew up in the decidedly nonaffluent half of her district, which includes the posh Century City area.

From Washington Post • Jul. 7, 2020

If anything, Princeton economist Alan Blinder thinks service-sector offshoring may hit the affluent slightly harder than the nonaffluent.

From Slate • Apr. 25, 2012

I wonder, seriously, what many of us would do if our affluent society suddenly became nonaffluent and the people who pay our salaries suddenly became poor.

From Time Magazine Archive

At the same time, a minimum "lifeline" rate would be established for the nonaffluent residential consumer so that his basic gas and electricity needs would not soar beyond his ability to pay.

From Time Magazine Archive