How to Use the haves in a Sentence

the haves

plural noun
  • There are the haves, the people who are super good at getting waves.
    — Outside Online, 2 July 2025
  • And that was just a contrast itself between the haves and the have-nots.
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Aug. 2023
  • And locker room conflict — between the haves and have nots — will grow.
    — Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Still, most of the haves and have-nots probably won’t change much in its waning weeks.
    — Ian Livingston, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Inequality is cleaving the haves and the have-nots.
    — Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 24 May 2026
  • The yawing divide between the haves and the have-nots couldn’t be more apparent.
    — Susan Harley, The Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2024
  • The chasm between the haves and have-nots is about to become more profound than any time in the history of the sport.
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Dec. 2023
  • The gap between the haves and have nots has only gotten wider during the pandemic.
    — Anne D'innocenzio, Dallas News, 6 Apr. 2023
  • So there is a never-ending dialogue between the haves and don’t-want-to-haves, who each claim a piece of the art.
    — David Aldridge, The Athletic, 5 Aug. 2024
  • That’s for the college game, where the head coach is the star and the difference between the haves and have-nots is massive.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2026
  • And this situation is widening the divide between the haves and have-nots.
    — Matt Egan, CNN, 2 Mar. 2024
  • What could have been a leveling tool instead risks becoming a widening wedge between the haves and the have-nots.
    — Neale Mahoney, Time, 5 Dec. 2025
  • And even billionaires are responding to the growing wealth divide between the haves and have-nots.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Meanwhile, big companies continue to see a widening split between the haves and have-nots.
    — Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 18 Nov. 2025
  • Central Florida is slowly becoming the land of the haves and have-nots.
    — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Aug. 2025
  • When people can hold, trade and invest in these tools with micro-amounts of money, the gap between the haves and have-nots begins to shrink.
    — Bryan Benson, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
  • That gap in the spending patterns of the haves and have-nots is just one indication of how inequality is on the rise.
    — Iese Business School, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Retirement is yet another dividing line between the haves and have-nots.
    — Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 1 May 2026
  • The report paints a picture of an industry bifurcated between the haves and the have-nots.
    — Byallie Garfinkle, Fortune, 26 June 2024
  • The rift between the haves and have-nots is growing, and there seems to be a growing trend to annihilate people of color.
    — Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 4 July 2026
  • This is well-trod territory, but America has a growing gap between the haves and the have-nots.
    — Foreign Affairs, 17 Oct. 2016
  • Speaking of the haves and have-nots, NBC has set up a caste system where not all sports are created equal.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2024
  • The money from these contracts goes back to the schools in the conferences, and can contribute to a growing gap between the haves and the have-nots.
    — Katie McInerney, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Mar. 2023
  • To look at the news in June was to think about safety, and the terrors of the ocean, and extreme division between the haves and the have-nots.
    — Rachel Riederer, The New Yorker, 28 Dec. 2023
  • This might ruffle some fan feathers, but Palmera City does a good job of showing the division between the haves and have-nots.
    — Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Poorer countries, however, are still struggling, resulting in an even bigger gap between the haves and the have-nots.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Instead, Bowlin chips away the private-equity varnish to reveal the chasm between the haves and the have-nots.
    — Longreads, 3 May 2024
  • Top seeds have always had more success in the women's tournament, where the disparity between the haves and have nots is much wider than in the men's game.
    — Becky Sullivan, NPR, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Lately, even though the salary cap continues to climb as each team brings in more and more revenue, the disparity between the haves and the have nots is growing.
    — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 3 July 2024
  • In my perspective, the real fear isn't AI itself but the fear of being sorted into a class of the haves and have-nots.
    — Cheryl Goodman, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024

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