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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
Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
But the populist president never lost his base, at first largely white and working class but growing marginally more diverse over time.
—James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024
Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
The grassroots organization joined the historic working-class housing organization in Mexico City, the Movimiento Urbano Popular (Urban Popular Movement).
—Madeleine Wattenbarger, Eliana Gilet, & Axel Hernández, The Dial, 17 Dec. 2024
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Noun
If the Democrats want to call the working class back home, something must be on the table.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
But the populist president never lost his base, at first largely white and working class but growing marginally more diverse over time.
—James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024
Adjective
The election exposed mounting struggles for Democrats among working-class voters who lack college degrees.
—Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
The grassroots organization joined the historic working-class housing organization in Mexico City, the Movimiento Urbano Popular (Urban Popular Movement).
—Madeleine Wattenbarger, Eliana Gilet, & Axel Hernández, The Dial, 17 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for working class
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Research backs this up; studies show how the rising global middle class is changing the game.Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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Twenty-four participants – all middle class, male college students – had been chosen for the study.Tess Foley-Cox, theweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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That's a fairly small savings for middle-class residents, according to local news outlet IPB News, which estimates the reduction will result in a tax cut of $33 for a worker earning $65,000 a year.Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 1 Jan. 2025
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This link takes you to an article that explains how to use it to turn your teen into a middle-class millionaire.Chris Carosa, Forbes, 30 Dec. 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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His cooking was a bridge between an idea of the past, which came from royalty and then became bourgeois cuisine, and modernity.The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2024
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It was screened in places like Picturehouse that are squarely pitched to bourgeois film consumption.Zac Ntim, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2024
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Experience has shown that when any corporation is allowed to operate without competition, higher prices, poor service and predatory business tactics are bound to follow.Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 31 Dec. 2024
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Now research is finding that specifically working nights and rotating shift schedules can leave people susceptible to depression and poor health.Andrea Muraskin, NPR, 31 Dec. 2024
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The supermodel layered three gold necklaces: one plain chain, one a string of medallions that recalls a cowboy belt, and a bigger pendant.Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 2 Jan. 2025
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But Carter never changed his rhetoric, always using plain talk and avoiding fancy words.George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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“Working class.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/working%20class. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.
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