upward mobility
noun
: the capacity or facility for rising to a higher social or economic position
upwardly mobile
adjective
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There have been a lot of great ideas bubbling up around how to start building things again, and thereby unlock more income opportunity, upward mobility, and a better standard of living.
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Jason Fields, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
Growth And Upward Mobility After workplace flexibility, the next biggest factor workers would accept a pay cut for is upward mobility.
—Julian Hayes Ii, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
Congressional budget negotiators have this year looked at using work requirements to cut Medicaid and promote upward mobility.
—Stephen Eide, National Review, 3 May 2025
When the pendulum swung during the Progressive Era, reformers pushed the government to impose new rules that gave workers a better quality of life and a fairer chance at upward mobility.
—Peter Georgescu, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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Jason Fields, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
Growth And Upward Mobility After workplace flexibility, the next biggest factor workers would accept a pay cut for is upward mobility.
—Julian Hayes Ii, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
Congressional budget negotiators have this year looked at using work requirements to cut Medicaid and promote upward mobility.
—Stephen Eide, National Review, 3 May 2025
When the pendulum swung during the Progressive Era, reformers pushed the government to impose new rules that gave workers a better quality of life and a fairer chance at upward mobility.
—Peter Georgescu, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for upward mobility
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“Upward mobility.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/upward%20mobility. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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