as in aristocratic
of high birth, rank, or station
upper-class boys who had an entrenched sense of entitlement
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as in aristocracy
the highest class in a society
a school founded to educate the children of the upper class
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Recent Examples of upper-class
Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2024
Salons were musical and intellectual and would have had performers and dancers and singers and actors, and that’s very different from (Alfredo’s) tight middle- and upper-class world.
—Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 18 Oct. 2024
Gavia Baker-Whitelaw, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
More than half of the community’s founding pioneers were women, most of whom were typical upper class, 19th-century wives and mothers.
—Marissa C. Rhodes / Made By History, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024
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Gigi, who wears A-line skirts and strappy, coral sandals, is the picture of upper-class island cosmopolitanism.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2024
Salons were musical and intellectual and would have had performers and dancers and singers and actors, and that’s very different from (Alfredo’s) tight middle- and upper-class world.
—Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 18 Oct. 2024
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Women like her provide a crucial point of connection between Gotham’s mainstream upper classes, and the tarnished wealth of organized crime.
—Gavia Baker-Whitelaw, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
More than half of the community’s founding pioneers were women, most of whom were typical upper class, 19th-century wives and mothers.
—Marissa C. Rhodes / Made By History, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for upper-class
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But red is also the color of the tunic of cardinals, as well as the velvet cloaks worn throughout history by the great aristocratic families.Laura Tortora, Glamour, 4 Dec. 2024
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Early in the design process, the owners told the team about their love of Florence’s Palazzo Tornabuoni, a grand 15th-century aristocratic home that has been reimagined as a 21st-century private-residence club.Andrew Sessa, Robb Report, 1 Dec. 2024
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Two worlds, one of a dwindling aristocracy, and the other of racing capitalism converge and throw up a whirlwind of clashing ambitions, steamy romance, chic couture and fashion-forward Instagrammable moments.Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2024
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When the Norman Conquest in 1066 installed a French feudal aristocracy in the British Isles, the invaders brought with them a love of winemaking.Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2024
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There were seven Crusades, which cut down the flower of Europe’s nobility and annihilated innumerable poor serfs for a period of more than 150 years until 1270.Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 5 Dec. 2024
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Collection There’s a nobility that usually comes with characters who overcome disabilities, to say nothing of the actors who play them, but one of the dark pleasures of Matchstick Men is that triumph over adversity means being the most effective criminal possible.Scott Tobias, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2024
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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
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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
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The Whitehaven neighborhood had developed in the late 19th century and attracted as residents the Memphis gentry.Michael T. Bertrand, The Conversation, 5 June 2024
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Weather permitting but even in the occasional, rejuvenating drizzle, in wellies and hunting jackets like English gentry, Asher and Carol would tramp the grounds with the trio of dogs manic over every deer or rabbit.Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2024
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“Upper-class.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/upper-class. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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