as in aristocratic
of high birth, rank, or station
an interior designer who has intimate knowledge of the tastes of her upper-crust clientele
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as in best
individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class
the conference was a gathering of the upper crust of the computer programming industry
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as in nobility
the highest class in a society
a specialty clothing store for the upper crust
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Recent Examples of upper-crust
John Hollinger, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
By Shannon Carlin August 1, 2024 8:06 AM EDT
Kevin Kwan took inspiration for his best-selling 2013 rom-com, Crazy Rich Asians, from his own upper crust community in Singapore.
—Shannon Carlin, TIME, 1 Aug. 2024
The Gentlemen Netflix put a lot of FYC muscle into the adaptation of Guy Ritchie’s 2019 upper crust crime flick.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 17 July 2024
But there’s a real cost to the region’s rental upper crust.
—Jonathan Lansner, Orange County Register, 9 July 2024
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Noun
With Houston pushing to stay in the West’s upper crust, the Rockets are known to be shopping.
—John Hollinger, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
By Shannon Carlin August 1, 2024 8:06 AM EDT
Kevin Kwan took inspiration for his best-selling 2013 rom-com, Crazy Rich Asians, from his own upper crust community in Singapore.
—Shannon Carlin, TIME, 1 Aug. 2024
The Gentlemen Netflix put a lot of FYC muscle into the adaptation of Guy Ritchie’s 2019 upper crust crime flick.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 17 July 2024
But there’s a real cost to the region’s rental upper crust.
—Jonathan Lansner, Orange County Register, 9 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for upper-crust
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In reality, McArthur was a bull-rider from Clinton and a far cry from the aristocratic type others had pegged him for, Lyons said.—
Tony Holt,
Arkansas Online,
7 Apr. 2025
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The largely middle-class Liberals replaced Britain's aristocratic Whigs in the 19th century only to be supplanted themselves by the working-class Labor Party in the 20th century.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Apr. 2025
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Delaney, who has been public about his own experience with death in losing his toddler-aged son to a brain tumor, and Slate, a comedian with the soul of a poet, are each at their bests here.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
4 Apr. 2025
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Her personal bests are 12.24 and 11.09, respectively.—
Katelyn Hutchison,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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As the Times reports, the first stars Arthur’s nephew, Sir Gawain, a knight who faces off with Germanic Saxons invading from mainland Europe and disloyal English nobility—including his father.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 Apr. 2025
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For 300 years Bordeaux winemakers were able to send their wines to England absolutely tax free and develop a strong popularity with British royalty and nobility.—
Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen,
Robb Report,
27 Mar. 2025
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His only friends were the sons and some daughters of the old English aristocracy, who were all like this.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
Fox News,
19 Mar. 2025
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Its purple dye, now faded to a red tint, was associated with elite aristocracy in ancient times, the institute said.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
12 Feb. 2025
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His mother raised Fitzgerald to think that cachet and her money entitled him to membership in the upper class.—
Ron Grossman,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Apr. 2025
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My guess is cigars’ turn-of-the-century association with the upper class meant cigars were a useful tool of satire and then later, when the comedians found success, a means of Jewish assimilation.—
Jesse David Fox,
Vulture,
1 Apr. 2025
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Explore Jessie Jo Dillon Zach Top See latest videos, charts and news Hosted by media personality Storme Warren, the event saw many of Nashville’s songwriting and publishing elites gather to fete top songs, songwriters, artists and publishers.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
9 Apr. 2025
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And then there's the Ratliff family, a clan of Southern elites with dark secrets galore portrayed by Jason Isaacs, Parker Posey, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Sarah Catherine Cook, and Sam Nivola.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Extreme caricatures of secondary figures (ancient maid, assorted daft gentry) keep us at an even further remove than the cameras do.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Because the imperial bureaucracy wasn’t large and did not penetrate to small towns or villages, much of local life was run by this gentry.—
Ian Johnson,
The Atlantic,
27 Mar. 2025
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Speaking last month at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference, Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch said the company would seek to revise its $22.3 billion Sunday-afternoon package, should the NFL elect to trigger the opt-out option.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Atif Zaim, current U.S. consulting leader and deputy chair elect at KPMG, sees this moment as an opportunity to improve his consulting practice.—
Haniya Rae,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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