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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
Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 19 Mar. 2025
In an interview with TIME, Golden discussed how the party should speak to swing voters, how to rebuild trust, and how to reposition the working class at the core of the Democratic coalition.
—Charlotte Alter, TIME, 28 Feb. 2025
Made By History, Time, 2 Apr. 2025
The mayor is also pushing for tax cuts for some working-class families and Administration for Children’s Services child-care vouchers to be included in the state budget.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 1 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Portrayed by Brigitte Helm in Fritz Lang’s 1927 silent film Metropolis, Maria is a compassionate worker who becomes a spiritual leader for the oppressed working class.
—Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 19 Mar. 2025
In an interview with TIME, Golden discussed how the party should speak to swing voters, how to rebuild trust, and how to reposition the working class at the core of the Democratic coalition.
—Charlotte Alter, TIME, 28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
The results of the 1920 census showed a rapidly urbanizing population, propelled largely by the millions of working-class (often Southern and Eastern European) immigrants and their children who had moved to the country’s industrial centers in preceding decades.
— Made By History, Time, 2 Apr. 2025
The mayor is also pushing for tax cuts for some working-class families and Administration for Children’s Services child-care vouchers to be included in the state budget.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 1 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for working class
Noun
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The rise of the Black federal workforce helped build a Black middle class in America after generations of segregation, prejudice and worse, said Marc Morial, president and CEO of the National Urban League, told USA TODAY.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA TODAY,
24 Mar. 2025
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Below, see what’s considered middle class in your state.—
Mike Winters,
CNBC,
21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The state Capitol is witnessing the collision of two powerful opposing forces, with checks worth hundreds of millions of dollars to poor and middle-class families hanging in the balance.—
Keith M. Phaneuf,
Hartford Courant,
15 Mar. 2025
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The goal is not to take black children out of the black community and expose them to white middle-class values; the goal is to build and strengthen the black community.—
Justin Driver,
The Atlantic,
15 Mar. 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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Pleated skirts and argyle sweater vests, all in neutral shades of navy, taupe and traditional black, completed the bourgeois wardrobe.—
Rhonda Richford,
WWD,
14 Mar. 2025
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Ibsen saw an individual’s self-determination as a remedy for bourgeois hypocrisy, the first salvo of liberation.—
Helen Shaw,
The New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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In fact, the massive, albeit picturesque, gullies were made because of poor farming practices during the 1800s.—
Nicole Letts,
Southern Living,
21 Mar. 2025
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Each site has a different interface, often poor or glitchy.—
Jaron Lanier,
The New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Or skip the color entirely and let your designs pop off plain, undyed eggs.—
Kathy Barnes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 Apr. 2025
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Without laws, humans are forced to decide for themselves what constitutes justice or just plain revenge.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Working class.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/working%20class. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.
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