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one of the segments of society into which people are grouped
a member of the upper caste
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Recent Examples of caste
Conley eventually warns his readers against investing too much faith in the predictive power of PGI, or worse, using it to create castes based on genes.
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Kate Zernike, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2025
Mishra sums it up by saying that nobody outside of India gets the concept of caste (without denying that privileged upper caste Indians don’t get it either).
—Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 22 May 2025
Led by the example of captain Aleksander Barkov, there is no caste system evident, no star-system in attitude.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 23 May 2025
Explaining caste during the subtitling process was also fascinating.
—Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 22 May 2025
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Kate Zernike, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2025
Mishra sums it up by saying that nobody outside of India gets the concept of caste (without denying that privileged upper caste Indians don’t get it either).
—Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 22 May 2025
Led by the example of captain Aleksander Barkov, there is no caste system evident, no star-system in attitude.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 23 May 2025
Explaining caste during the subtitling process was also fascinating.
—Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 22 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for caste
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Twenty years later, America remembers Katrina, too − remembers one of the deadliest natural disasters in modern U.S. history, raising questions that persist today about the crises of climate, the role of government and the nation's divides by race and class.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
29 Aug. 2025
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The middle school was slated to return to class Thursday, Aug. 28, after the remediation.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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Katie Dieterich, a spokeswoman for HCA Healthcare's TriStar Division, said current levels of COVID remain low.—
Beth Warren,
The Tennessean,
23 Aug. 2025
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There are several communicable diseases in Arizona that are trending at higher-than-normal levels in 2025.—
DAILY BRIEFING,
AZCentral.com,
23 Aug. 2025
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“Caste.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caste. Accessed 31 Aug. 2025.
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