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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
Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Invest in Our New York, a statewide coalition of organizations advocating for the working class, has proposed a package of legislation that would raise taxes on incomes above $450,000, capital gains, corporations, heirs and the state’s 130 billionaires.
—Claire Valdez, New York Daily News, 28 Mar. 2025
Nafees Alam, Boston Herald, 19 May 2025
But in this primeval stage, nearly all of the potential Democratic candidates are discussing problems that have bedeviled their party for years: how to win back working-class voters, how aggressively to oppose President Trump and how to reach voters beyond the traditional news media.
—Lisa Lerer, New York Times, 18 May 2025
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Noun
The day before, Trump signed a series of executive orders to placate coal country, portending to extend the lives of coal plants and promote coal exports — a move that the Sierra Club said guts pollution and safety controls while raising energy bills on working class Americans.
—Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Invest in Our New York, a statewide coalition of organizations advocating for the working class, has proposed a package of legislation that would raise taxes on incomes above $450,000, capital gains, corporations, heirs and the state’s 130 billionaires.
—Claire Valdez, New York Daily News, 28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
Programs and policies aimed at addressing systemic inequalities sometimes overlook the struggles of men, particularly those from working-class backgrounds or minority communities.
—Nafees Alam, Boston Herald, 19 May 2025
But in this primeval stage, nearly all of the potential Democratic candidates are discussing problems that have bedeviled their party for years: how to win back working-class voters, how aggressively to oppose President Trump and how to reach voters beyond the traditional news media.
—Lisa Lerer, New York Times, 18 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for working class
Noun
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The same place that’s a magnet for the rich could be squeezing out its lower and middle classes.—
Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
13 May 2025
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Roath spoke about his family history, sharing that his mother and father met and found a way into the middle class via good jobs at IBM.—
Matthew Medsger,
Boston Herald,
8 May 2025
Adjective
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The middle-class Altadena family at the heart of her new novel, ‘Bug Hollow,’ is also confronted with crises at every turn.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2025
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For instance, while specific demographic data was not collected, all the children had predominantly white middle-class backgrounds, so the results reflect how typical children in northern England behave in such situations.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
15 May 2025
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This creative evolution has expanded papier-mâché’s market appeal, with a new generation of clientele emerging – a group that includes interior designers, a local urban bourgeoisie, and international buyers.—
Fahad Shah,
Christian Science Monitor,
2 Apr. 2025
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The company was started around the same time as other famous French stores like Le Bon Marché (1852) and La Samaritaine (1870), both of which, like Printemps, catered to the country’s growing bourgeoisie.—
Lanna Apisukh,
New York Times,
22 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The film follows a single mother and her teenage son in a bourgeois house near the port of Beirut.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
15 May 2025
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Beneath the surface, there are, in fact, some major conflicts brewing in Enzo’s life: He’s been waging a quiet war against his bourgeois parents (Pierfrancesco Favino, Elodie Bouchez), rejecting the typical academic route that his older brother (Nathan Japy) has successfully chosen.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
14 May 2025
Adjective
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Mikal Bridges and Karl-Anthony Towns each added 23 points and OG Anunoby bounced back from two poor performances by scoring 20 for the Knicks, who can win the series Wednesday night at Boston.—
Brian Mahoney,
Baltimore Sun,
13 May 2025
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Boston built big second-half leads on New York in both Games 1 and 2 at home, but squandered them due to uncharacteristically poor 3-point shooting.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 May 2025
Adjective
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During Kenya’s mass protests last year, demonstrators created chatbots to explain complex legislation in plain language to help their peers understand its impact.—
Erika Page,
Christian Science Monitor,
10 May 2025
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There are date-night options ranging from the expensive to the affordable, from the romantic to the just plain fun.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
9 May 2025
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“Working class.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/working%20class. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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