upward mobility
noun
: the capacity or facility for rising to a higher social or economic position
upwardly mobile
adjective
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Our economy is strongest when the middle class is robust and expanding, with real opportunity, stability, and upward mobility available to every American.
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Kevin Fixler
may 3, Idaho Statesman, 3 May 2026
Newcastle’s post-Isak struggles (and the challenges that lie ahead in this summer’s transfer market) underlined the remarkable ongoing resilience of the Brighton model, where players and coaches come and go but a sense of upward mobility remains.
—Oliver Kay, New York Times, 1 May 2026
The club’s owners shruggingly crush employees’ dreams of upward mobility.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026
Latinos face lower pay and a wage ceiling Latino workers remained overrepresented in sectors with lower wages, fewer protections and limited upward mobility.
—Nicole MacIas Garibay, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026
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Kevin Fixler
may 3, Idaho Statesman, 3 May 2026
Newcastle’s post-Isak struggles (and the challenges that lie ahead in this summer’s transfer market) underlined the remarkable ongoing resilience of the Brighton model, where players and coaches come and go but a sense of upward mobility remains.
—Oliver Kay, New York Times, 1 May 2026
The club’s owners shruggingly crush employees’ dreams of upward mobility.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026
Latinos face lower pay and a wage ceiling Latino workers remained overrepresented in sectors with lower wages, fewer protections and limited upward mobility.
—Nicole MacIas Garibay, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026
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 7 May. 2026.
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