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one of the segments of society into which people are grouped
a member of the upper caste
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Recent Examples of caste
During the Bengal Famine of 1943, even members of the highest castes were forced to eat snails.
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Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 2 May 2025
The spirit of caste is malignant and dangerous everywhere.
—Margie Burns, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2025
Suri was relieved by the reaction following its Indian premiere at the Mumbai Film Festival in October but knows general audiences may react differently — especially with the film’s observations regarding the caste system, police corruption and Islamophobia.
—Gregory Ellwood, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
These days, things have changed — thanks to landmark civil rights cases like Loving v. Virginia and more mixed-race families from all over the world — but this racial caste system still very much exists.
—Melanie Curry, Refinery29, 19 Apr. 2025
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Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 2 May 2025
The spirit of caste is malignant and dangerous everywhere.
—Margie Burns, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2025
Suri was relieved by the reaction following its Indian premiere at the Mumbai Film Festival in October but knows general audiences may react differently — especially with the film’s observations regarding the caste system, police corruption and Islamophobia.
—Gregory Ellwood, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
These days, things have changed — thanks to landmark civil rights cases like Loving v. Virginia and more mixed-race families from all over the world — but this racial caste system still very much exists.
—Melanie Curry, Refinery29, 19 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for caste
Noun
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The class is specifically designed to provide an opportunity to ask questions about Christianity and our Lutheran theology.—
Carin Schoppmeyer,
Arkansas Online,
24 May 2025
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Trump spoke for nearly an hour to the class of 2025 at their commencement ceremony, taking moments to honor individual members of the class and heralding the whole class as the future of the military.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
24 May 2025
Noun
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Ironically, given the rhetoric around tariffs and overseas filmmaking taking away American jobs, these resources would have provided a valuable foundation for more production to take place on the local level.—
Eric Kohn,
HollywoodReporter,
30 May 2025
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But these technologies can take aftermarket services to new levels.—
Jean-Louis Rassineux,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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“Caste.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caste. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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