nouveau riche

as in parvenu
one who has recently acquired wealth and social position a nouveau riche who is reportedly using his money to buy his way into Palm Beach society

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Recent Examples of nouveau riche But do those same rules apply to the newly wealthy, especially a nouveau riche couple who is also Black? Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 22 May 2024 What was true then for the nouveau riche is true now for authoritarian countries: hosting and succeeding in the Olympic Games are textbook acts of conspicuous consumption. Dawn Brancati, Foreign Affairs, 25 Mar. 2021 Cut to four years later, when Rita is living the life of the nouveau riche in London. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2024 In February 2022, Ms. Peterson, an author and art collector, was surrounded by a new clientele: the crypto nouveau riche, who made a temporary home of the art market. Zachary Small, New York Times, 18 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for nouveau riche 
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Noun
  • In 1952, backed by little more than his reputation as a war hero and a fortune staked by his parvenu father, 35-year-old John F. Kennedy swiped a Senate seat from Republican Henry Cabot Lodge, himself a wealthy combat veteran.
    Kevin Mahnken, The New Republic, 1 Sep. 2020
  • Raveendran, at least on paper, assumes his place among those parvenus thanks to his effort in internet education.
    Saritha Rai, Fortune, 29 July 2019
Noun
  • Picked up by upstart awards powerhouse A24, the film has generated a lot of attention in advance of its limited release on Friday, with special 70mm engagements already happening.
    Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
  • While an upstart union, the Amazon Labor Union won such a vote at Amazon’s Staten Island facility in April 2022.
    Chris Isidore, CNN, 17 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Along for the ride will be fellow adventurers Eric Philips of Australia, Jannicke Mikkelsen of Norway and Rabea Rogge of Germany.
    Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The character's gray face with recognizable texture teases that adventurer Rex Mason has already been transformed by a radioactive meteorite into a being that can change his body into elemental compounds.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2024

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“Nouveau riche.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nouveau%20riche. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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