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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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Recent Examples of middle-class
George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
Nationally, Maryland has the highest middle-class ceiling, while Mississippi's is the lowest.
—Sam Kmack, The Arizona Republic, 23 Dec. 2024
Alexandra Stevenson, New York Times, 19 Dec. 2024
While growing up in Chicago, Gallego's middle class life took a drastic and unexpected downturn when his father, who had a fairly successful contracting business, abandoned the family for a life of drug dealing.
—Diane Herbst, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024
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The middle-class expanded, with people landing good-paying jobs that resulted in higher tax revenues for state coffers.
—George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
Nationally, Maryland has the highest middle-class ceiling, while Mississippi's is the lowest.
—Sam Kmack, The Arizona Republic, 23 Dec. 2024
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But the company quickly built a thriving market alongside a swelling middle class that was turning to iPhones, Gucci handbags and other international brands to signal its newfound wealth.
—Alexandra Stevenson, New York Times, 19 Dec. 2024
While growing up in Chicago, Gallego's middle class life took a drastic and unexpected downturn when his father, who had a fairly successful contracting business, abandoned the family for a life of drug dealing.
—Diane Herbst, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for middle-class
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Everybody connected to the death of this poor guy is dead now.Makena Gera, People.com, 12 Jan. 2025
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With sleep disorders affecting approximately 70 million Americans and poor sleep linked to serious health risks like heart disease, stroke and cognitive decline, the Tone Buds represent a significant advancement in personal sleep technology.Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 12 Jan. 2025
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For those who choose to join a totalitarian party run by billionaires, who would rather make lives harder for seniors, vets, medically vulnerable & working class than pay their share of taxes.David Faris, Newsweek, 28 Dec. 2024
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These parties may still yearn to champion the working class, but this hasn’t been their animating force for decades.Nate Cohn, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
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It was screened in places like Picturehouse that are squarely pitched to bourgeois film consumption.Zac Ntim, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2024
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His cooking was a bridge between an idea of the past, which came from royalty and then became bourgeois cuisine, and modernity.The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2024
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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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My top answer is a simple and no-brainer recommendation: Wash your hands with soap and water.Amanda Schupak, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2025
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Still, incorporating advanced technology isn’t always simple.Rhett Power, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
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By 1988, his share rose to 14.4% as working-class voters warmed to his warnings that immigrants were contributing to unemployment and crime.ANIA NUSSBAUM and ANGELINA RASCOUET Bloomberg News (TNS), arkansasonline.com, 8 Jan. 2025
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Ian, which barreled onto shore in September 2022, was about wind; ferocious gusts that blew apart houses and snapped the tops off oak trees and prompted residents of this working-class city to rally around a new slogan: #EnglewoodStrong.Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Middle-class.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/middle-class. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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