as in low
belonging to the class of people of low social or economic rank
the writer's prole origins are evident in his gritty novels about life in the inner city
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as in proletarian
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Adjective
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Those numbers are stunningly low, especially for someone who fights through what some of the best checkers and two-way players around have to offer.—
Daniel Nugent-Bowman,
The Athletic,
19 Jan. 2025 -
Monthly payments — with everything else being equal — are lower for inventory that has been discounted.—
Brooke Crothers,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Later in the novel, Hans’s mind turns to the brutality of occupation: If in the course of a five-day plan, 200,000 Berliners were removed by 50,000, these 50,000 proletarians would be fused into a collective by the shock of having killed.—
Rumaan Alam,
The New Republic,
21 June 2023
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As a proudly class-conscious proletarian, Martin is naturally supportive of worker strikes.—
J. Hoberman,
The New York Review of Books,
22 Oct. 2020
Adjective
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Yet Empire Falls translates into a lumpen, stodgy miniseries, despite a fine central performance from Harris as a divorced diner owner with deep roots in the town and a structure that allows the past to keep informing and enriching the present.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
14 Apr. 2024
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Rhys spent decades, often isolated and paranoid, in lumpen houses and apartments in and out of London, before success arrived late.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
20 June 2022
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Glen Cavaliero, a fellow commoner at St. Catharine’s College, Cambridge, and president of the Powys Society, was intrigued by a reference to Paul in Powys’s letters, tracked her books down, and included her in his study of English supernatural fiction for Oxford University Press.—
Joanna Biggs,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Feb. 2024
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Obasi can’t stand the stench of this alien — who's also a commoner, to boot — and solves the inconvenience by handing him off to his queen Eshe (Thandiwe Newton), who'll raise him in the company of the pride’s females.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
20 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Across the lake, on the plebeian side, up the shoreline a mile or so, in the heart of downtown West Palm Beach, stand twin 32-story towers dubbed Trump Plaza of the Palm Beaches.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
8 Jan. 2025
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The other was the much more plebeian Chevrolet Bolt, which was cheaper but nowhere near as luxurious, nor as enjoyable to drive.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
30 Aug. 2024
Noun
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Occasionally, like tonight, a chiseled pleb or square-jawed gym owner will pass muster, taking her to some exclusive club in Tribeca.—
Seija Rankin,
EW.com,
29 Apr. 2021
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But because these monsters have yet to develop any fungal armor, runners are susceptible to gunshots, knives, and any other weaponry that would take out your average pleb.—
Lauren Puckett-Pope,
ELLE,
20 Jan. 2023
Adjective
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The Type 2 sits among some of the more humble and accessible classics.—
Trinity Francis,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Even Bend feels changed, its population surging, its character shifting, the way humble towns do when they are discovered by outsiders.—
John Branch,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Luka Dončić strained his calf Christmas Day against these Timberwolves, and Dallas has gone 4-10 without him, including losses to the lowly Pelicans and Hornets.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
The Athletic,
22 Jan. 2025
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Wright was among the game’s best all-around players for a decade, serving as a Gold Glove third baseman, a perennial .300 hitter with power and speed, almost single-handedly keeping the lowly New York Mets out of the gutter.—
Jason Mastrodonato,
The Mercury News,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Prole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prole. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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