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: a young college-educated adult who is employed in a well-paying profession and who lives and works in or near a large city
Examples of yuppie in a Sentence
Her friends are just a bunch of yuppies.
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Back then, in the musical adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis‘ best-seller — with music and lyrics by Duncan Sheik and a book by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa — Doctor Who star Matt Smith took on New York yuppie and increasingly maniacal investment banker Patrick Bateman.
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Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 10 Mar. 2026
Celine showed yuppie-friendly double-breasted jackets with gold buttons.
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 4 Feb. 2026
This is probably how the hippies felt when the yuppies were moving in 50 years ago!
—Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2026
Yuppies, as they were called, were a real phenomenon.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
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Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 10 Mar. 2026
Celine showed yuppie-friendly double-breasted jackets with gold buttons.
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 4 Feb. 2026
This is probably how the hippies felt when the yuppies were moving in 50 years ago!
—Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2026
Yuppies, as they were called, were a real phenomenon.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for yuppie
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“Yuppie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yuppie. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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