as in middle class
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
David Faris, Newsweek, 28 Dec. 2024
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
Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2025
Her family’s story, along with the rest of Altadena, is one of working-class people finding a refuge in L.A. County and creating a community for Latino and Black neighbors.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
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Noun
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
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
Adjective
Meanwhile, as Black professionals and working-class families found affordable refuge in Altadena, their numbers rose in the same 20-year period from under 4% to 43%.
—Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2025
Her family’s story, along with the rest of Altadena, is one of working-class people finding a refuge in L.A. County and creating a community for Latino and Black neighbors.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for working class
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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
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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
Adjective
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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
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The Los Angeles wildfires burned down diverse, middle-class neighborhoods.—
Raymond Zhong,
New York Times,
14 Jan. 2025
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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
Adjective
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And a lot of conservatism in general is about upholding bourgeois lifestyles, morality, identity, politics, and so forth.—
Vittoria Elliott,
WIRED,
21 Jan. 2025
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The app, created in 2013, emerged with a rather bourgeois focus.—
Jianqing Chen,
The Conversation,
19 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Understand that poor sleep hygiene can negatively impact the quantity and quality of sleep.—
Dominique Fluker,
Essence,
24 Jan. 2025
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The Texans’ offensive line was mostly poor this season, unable to consistently protect Stroud.—
The Athletic NFL Staff,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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While most warming devices come only in plain blacks and grays, these go out of their way to look pleasant in four colorful designs.—
Clint Davis,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Jan. 2025
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The fabrics feature traditional patterns and plain colors, some even have monkey designs.—
Terry Elward,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Working class.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/working%20class. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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