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
Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2025
The Obama coalition lay in tatters, with Hispanic men especially joining the white working class in deserting Democrats in droves.
—W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 14 Mar. 2025
Melanie Stetson Freeman, Christian Science Monitor, 23 Apr. 2025
That would leave one million working-class parents who rely on Head Start not only for pre-K education but also for child care, particularly in rural areas, with nowhere to send their kids during the day.
—Eli Hager, ProPublica, 23 Apr. 2025
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Noun
During the rally, Ocasio-Cortez and Sanders bashed Trump and Musk’s widespread effort to cut government spending and downsize federal agencies, and touted working class everyday Americans.
—Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2025
The Obama coalition lay in tatters, with Hispanic men especially joining the white working class in deserting Democrats in droves.
—W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has expanded its operations in the city, residents say, spreading fear and suspicion in this working-class community.
—Melanie Stetson Freeman, Christian Science Monitor, 23 Apr. 2025
That would leave one million working-class parents who rely on Head Start not only for pre-K education but also for child care, particularly in rural areas, with nowhere to send their kids during the day.
—Eli Hager, ProPublica, 23 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for working class
Noun
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This homebuilder made a fortune catering to the middle and upper middle class.—
Monica Hunter-Hart,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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Escalating debt could have a more significant impact on low-income households, but the middle class is also facing challenges, Beene said.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Since flames destroyed thousands of homes in largely middle-class Altadena in January, more than 80 property owners have sold rather than rebuild, with many of the new buyers being developers, according to real estate agents.—
Andrew Khouri,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2025
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The dream of affordable homeownership is increasingly out of reach for middle-class households in California.—
Muhammad Alameldin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 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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Every possible ill, every source of embarrassment to their bourgeois sensibilities, was blamed on the plant.—
Wade Davis,
Rolling Stone,
6 Apr. 2025
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The concepts minted in the early 1960s by the late French literary critic and philosopher René Girard explain the pathologies of the smartphone age as elegantly as Freud’s explained bourgeois neuroses at the turn of the last century.—
Matthew Gasda,
airmail.news,
27 July 2024
Adjective
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Consumer spending softened, increasing 1.8%, down from a 4% rise in the fourth quarter, but a decent performance in light of stock market turmoil and poor weather early in the quarter.—
Paul Davidson,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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These factors could contribute material risk to Nike’s earnings and put the company in a poor position to manage near-term headwinds.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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There are many causes for hair loss—pregnancy, medication, stress, tight styling, or just plain genetics, to name a few.—
Danielle Cohen,
Glamour,
2 May 2025
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Our Review Only recent Macs with either M4 Pro or M4 Max CPUs support Thunderbolt 5; Macs with plain M4 chips will not.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
1 May 2025
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“Working class.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/working%20class. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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