mid·dle-class
ˌmi-dᵊl-ˈklas 
: of or relating to the middle class
especially
: characterized by a high material standard of living, sexual morality, and respect for property
: a class occupying a position between the upper class and the lower class
especially
: a fluid heterogeneous socioeconomic grouping composed principally of business and professional people, bureaucrats, and some farmers and skilled workers sharing common social characteristics and values
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John Hollinger, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
The Los Angeles wildfires burned down diverse, middle-class neighborhoods.
—Raymond Zhong, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2025
John Hollinger, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
The middle classes are travelling abroad once again, as the dream of a neo-convertibility that mirrors the decade of one-to-one convertibility with the US dollar in the 1990s stimulates popular support.
—Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
Otherwise, Sacramento might be the one team on this list that isn’t too upset about middle-class life, not after the two decades of destitution preceding its 2023 ascent to the playoffs.
—John Hollinger, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
The Los Angeles wildfires burned down diverse, middle-class neighborhoods.
—Raymond Zhong, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2025
Noun
Lesser prey — think Brooklyn’s Cameron Johnson, for instance — might help keep the Kings comfortably in the upper middle class for another few years.
—John Hollinger, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
The middle classes are travelling abroad once again, as the dream of a neo-convertibility that mirrors the decade of one-to-one convertibility with the US dollar in the 1990s stimulates popular support.
—Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Middle-class.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/middle-class. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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