How to Use wealth in a Sentence

wealth

noun
  • I was impressed by the wealth of choices.
  • What percentage of the national wealth is spent on health care?
  • Libraries offer a wealth of information.
  • Her personal wealth is estimated to be around $10 billion.
  • Despite their clashes with the Greeks, the Nabataeans grew in strength and wealth.
    Jeremy Hillpot, Discover Magazine, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Many were drawn by the promise of wealth that had nothing to do with its past.
    Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 28 July 2023
  • Those of us with gray hair and 65 to 70% of the nation's wealth should be on the front lines of the fight for climate justice.
    The Arizona Republic, 10 May 2023
  • But few nailed the art of stealth wealth as well as Angelina Jolie.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2023
  • Closing the racial wealth gap is at the top of SheaMoisture’s Christmas list this year.
    India Espy-Jones, Essence, 20 Dec. 2023
  • And there is a good reason for the savings rate to be low: household wealth is near record highs.
    Ann Skeet, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Much of the 55-year-old’s wealth comes from his work at Palo Alto Networks.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 4 Jan. 2024
  • When wealth is high, households save less (and vice versa).
    Mike Sommers, Fortune Europe, 1 Feb. 2024
  • And of course, don’t forget to share the wealth with our Spotify playlist, linked below.
    Cydney Lee, Billboard, 8 May 2023
  • The crypto bubble has burst, and in its place, people are turning to an old-school form of wealth: gold.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 25 Apr. 2023
  • As Fortune points out, although the world’s richest lost some of their wealth, the middle class has grown their share.
    Jasmine Browley, Essence, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Despite its wealth of resources, Niger remains one of the poorest countries in the world.
    Omar Saley, CNN, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Despite this finding, the total amount of wealth held in tax havens hasn’t changed much, the report noted.
    John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2023
  • DiCaprio’s character, Ernest Burkhart, has messed up part of a larger plan to rob the Osage of its wealth.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Even in an era of gaudy wealth and shifting alliances in golf, Trump remains, for now, a measure too much for many.
    Alan Blinder, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Not everyone pegs Charles' wealth at the same sky-high valuation as The Guardian.
    Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 5 May 2023
  • The trick these days is to maximize your wealth while still serving in government.
    Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 19 July 2023
  • In the film, Izi comes close to finally leaving London’s Kitchen, one of the last housing estates in the city where the wealth gap has reached an extreme.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 18 Dec. 2023
  • The wealth of information stems from the voyage’s timing.
    Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Duarte said Santos regaled her with stories of success and wealth.
    Marina Dias, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2023
  • One other thing worsened: the wealth gap between young and old Americans.
    Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 7 Mar. 2024
  • The decisions made in Beijing influence the wealth and welfare of billions of people, the health of the planet, and war and peace itself.
    Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 9 Aug. 2023
  • His wealth has fluctuated with the ups and downs of the luxury industry.
    Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Most accounts of the Rothschilds’ wealth trace its origins to a decision to finance the British military in the Napoleonic Wars.
    Alan Cowell, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2024
  • And while that helped narrow the ratio of Black wealth to White wealth, Black household wealth still lags far behind that of their White counterparts.
    Jarrell Dillard Bloomberg, Arkansas Online, 31 Oct. 2023
  • But the proxy offers glimpse at the mind-boggling wealth disparity between its nonunion workers and one of the world’s richest men.
    Alexandra Olson, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2023

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