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belonging to the class of people of middle social or economic rank
She grew up in a middle-class neighborhood, as did most of her classmates.
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Juliann Ventura, The Hill, 2 Nov. 2024
Those point to her middle-class background and rise to the second-highest American office, a contrast to today’s China where the top echelons are stacked with men who often hail from politically elite families.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
The Arizona Republic, 31 Oct. 2024
And while everyone benefited from those tax cuts, the wealthy saw the biggest savings when paying their taxes, instead of low and middle class Americans.
—Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 24 Oct. 2024
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The vice president also tops Trump with Black Americans, elderly and young voters, middle-class Americans and those who are poor, those with college degrees, urban voters, among others, the data shows.
—Juliann Ventura, The Hill, 2 Nov. 2024
Those point to her middle-class background and rise to the second-highest American office, a contrast to today’s China where the top echelons are stacked with men who often hail from politically elite families.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
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By contrast, Kelly said Harris would cut taxes for the middle class and make prescription drugs more affordable.
—The Arizona Republic, 31 Oct. 2024
And while everyone benefited from those tax cuts, the wealthy saw the biggest savings when paying their taxes, instead of low and middle class Americans.
—Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 24 Oct. 2024
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Trump, for one thing, had a favorable set of issues behind him and the Republican Party: Biden had seen poor favorability and approval ratings throughout his term in office, despite scoring several legislative wins, including a bipartisan infrastructure deal that had previously eluded Trump.Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
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Basically that poor enforcement had bred serious disrespect for the law, or at least a misunderstanding of it.Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Trump holds an advantage in Arizona over Harris on the economy, the Times reported, noting the former president has a narrow edge on the question of who would better help the working class.Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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But the reality is that union members—who consistently vote at levels above the general population—and the wider working class are also Black, Latina, and Asian Pacific Islander women who make up the majority of our care workforce.Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
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Jude Law, Vanessa Kirby, Ana de Armas Film festivals: Toronto Release date: TBA Awards potential: The film is described as a survivalist thriller among a set of bourgeois European expats in the Galapagos in the 1920s.Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2024
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More recently, a bourgeois elite, which feels besieged by the increasingly assertive have-nots, has begun casting around for sturdier leaders to replace its tainted idol, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, whose economic reforms, once much loved, are now widely regarded as populist sops to the poor.Pankaj Mishra, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2013
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Even before the Atlantic City Boardwalk became the iconic scene of the Roaring ‘20s New Jersey bourgeoisie, the Jersey Shore was already increasingly a vacation spot for the wealthy.Andrew DePietro, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
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Then a hotelier hung Nymphs and Satyr in a public bar, shaking up NYC's bourgeoisie.JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
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Both measures required a simple majority for passage.Luis Melecio-Zambrano, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
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Clark kept her look simple with a black sweater and bomber jacket at the Hinkle Fieldhouse, where the Butler Bulldogs play.Natasha Dye, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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At a raucous Tuesday evening rally in Philadelphia—his first since being picked as Kamala Harris’ running mate—Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz walked through his own working-class background, drawing contrasts between himself and former President Trump.Kyle Khan-Mullins, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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He was born Kenyatta Lee Frazier Jr. on Atlanta’s Southside to a working-class mother who picked up jobs around town (driving a bus, helping out in a hospital).Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Middle-class.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/middle-class. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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