as in indigent
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Recent Examples of have-not
Sanders has long condemned the gap between the haves and have-nots in America, and political analysts say his message resonates now because he’s tapped into mounting anger over wealth disparities.
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John Blake, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2025
Children arrive into a trammeling grid of haves and have-nots set up long before their birth, a net that individual struggles serve only to tighten.
—Benjamin Kunkel, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
On the investment side, strong gains for housing and stocks are widening the have/have-not divide.
—Russ Wiles, USA TODAY, 8 Oct. 2024
Investment gains widen the have/have-not divide This has been a year of rising personal wealth, with no signs of it abating.
—Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 6 Oct. 2024
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John Blake, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2025
Children arrive into a trammeling grid of haves and have-nots set up long before their birth, a net that individual struggles serve only to tighten.
—Benjamin Kunkel, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
On the investment side, strong gains for housing and stocks are widening the have/have-not divide.
—Russ Wiles, USA TODAY, 8 Oct. 2024
Investment gains widen the have/have-not divide This has been a year of rising personal wealth, with no signs of it abating.
—Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 6 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for have-not
pauper
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Alvarez is the pauper of the group, with Judge and Soto combining for $1.125 billion in salary over the lives of their contracts.—
C. Trent Rosecrans,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
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Chelsea are hardly paupers domestically — no Premier League team is nowadays — but there’s a clear financial advantage in finishing higher up the table.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2025
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