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belonging to the class of people of middle social or economic rank
She grew up in a middle-class neighborhood, as did most of her classmates.
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Recent Examples of middle-class
Ali Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Jan. 2025
Already, concerns are setting in that the massive rebuilding effort needed could favor more affluent homeowners and their mansions at the expense of middle-class families who lost more modest homes.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025
Samantha Conti, WWD, 8 Jan. 2025
The poor and middle classes in much of the global South benefited significantly from the economic opportunities that came with globalization and that Trump threatens.
—Matias Spektor, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
As the area developed along the southwestern base of the San Gabriel Mountains, so did the diversity of its middle-class bedrock.
—Ali Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Jan. 2025
Already, concerns are setting in that the massive rebuilding effort needed could favor more affluent homeowners and their mansions at the expense of middle-class families who lost more modest homes.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025
Noun
As reported, the Labour government’s first budget, which takes effect in April, is a brutal one filled with 40 billion pounds in tax hikes targeted mainly at small and medium-sized private businesses, the middle classes, and the very wealthy.
—Samantha Conti, WWD, 8 Jan. 2025
The poor and middle classes in much of the global South benefited significantly from the economic opportunities that came with globalization and that Trump threatens.
—Matias Spektor, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for middle-class
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Everybody connected to the death of this poor guy is dead now.Makena Gera, People.com, 12 Jan. 2025
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With sleep disorders affecting approximately 70 million Americans and poor sleep linked to serious health risks like heart disease, stroke and cognitive decline, the Tone Buds represent a significant advancement in personal sleep technology.Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 12 Jan. 2025
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For those who choose to join a totalitarian party run by billionaires, who would rather make lives harder for seniors, vets, medically vulnerable & working class than pay their share of taxes.David Faris, Newsweek, 28 Dec. 2024
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These parties may still yearn to champion the working class, but this hasn’t been their animating force for decades.Nate Cohn, New York Times, 25 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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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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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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My top answer is a simple and no-brainer recommendation: Wash your hands with soap and water.Amanda Schupak, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2025
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Still, incorporating advanced technology isn’t always simple.Rhett Power, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
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By 1988, his share rose to 14.4% as working-class voters warmed to his warnings that immigrants were contributing to unemployment and crime.ANIA NUSSBAUM and ANGELINA RASCOUET Bloomberg News (TNS), arkansasonline.com, 8 Jan. 2025
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Ian, which barreled onto shore in September 2022, was about wind; ferocious gusts that blew apart houses and snapped the tops off oak trees and prompted residents of this working-class city to rally around a new slogan: #EnglewoodStrong.Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Middle-class.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/middle-class. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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