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the class of people who earn money by doing usually physical work and who are not rich or powerful
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Recent Examples of working class
Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 22 Oct. 2024
In 2016 and 2020, the Des Moines Register polls picked up on Trump’s support among the white working class voters that broke his way across the Midwest and Rust Belt.
—Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 4 Nov. 2024
Gregory Wakeman, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2024
There’s a reason the new working-class converts formerly backed Barack Obama and in many cases Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden as well.
—Henry Olsen, National Review, 21 Nov. 2024
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Noun
Ani attempts to hustle her way out of the working class, while Ivan sees America as a hedonistic paradise, an escape from the responsibilities and expectations of life in Russia.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 22 Oct. 2024
In 2016 and 2020, the Des Moines Register polls picked up on Trump’s support among the white working class voters that broke his way across the Midwest and Rust Belt.
—Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 4 Nov. 2024
Adjective
One man Levine recently spoke to was sent from his working-class home in Bristol to live with a rich family in New Zealand.
—Gregory Wakeman, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2024
There’s a reason the new working-class converts formerly backed Barack Obama and in many cases Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden as well.
—Henry Olsen, National Review, 21 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for working class
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Whereas Kamala Harris expressed plans to support and benefit the middle class and everyday Americans, Trump’s economic platform will likely continue his work to reduce taxes for the wealthy.Jameelah Nasheed, Essence, 6 Nov. 2024
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Harris has promised to deploy economic policies to boost the middle class if elected, including not raising taxes on Americans making $400,000 or less, a federal ban on price gouging and no taxes on tips.Sara Dorn, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
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Brooks was building an enclave for working- and middle-class Blacks in an area that once was a hub of Black culture during the 1900s and 1950s.La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 20 Nov. 2024
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The explanation of what happened to America’s middle-class is even more memorable because of the clever lyrics and enticing melody.Ben Travers, IndieWire, 20 Nov. 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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The Housemaid is an excessively perverse drama about a bourgeois family torn apart by a patriarch’s affair, and the dread of discovery by the community at large.Nicholas Bell, SPIN, 28 Oct. 2024
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Divorce or no, Faye is still a bourgeois British woman who quietly goes from having a loan on her countryside home to being an honored guest at literary festivals across Europe.Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 28 June 2024
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Exposure to high concentrations can cause people to lose consciousness and can lead to long-term effects such as headaches, poor attention span, poor memory and poor motor function, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.Noelle Phillips, The Denver Post, 15 Nov. 2024
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More than 40% of pregnant people were exposed to extreme heat, and nearly three-quarters lived in areas with poor air quality, the report found.Erika Edwards, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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In many places in Texas, plain tap water is delicious, whether derived from surface, underground or cistern sources.Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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Stepping through the plain wooden door, visitors see far more than just an old house.Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Working class.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/working%20class. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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