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Recent Examples of bourgeoisie
Wake-Robin gets its name from a deep purple wildflower native to the Mid-Atlantic, which, from Richmond, Virginia, to Philadelphia, was the hub of the Black bourgeoisie.
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Merlisa Lawrence Corbett, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026
Woodcutters sets forth the musings of a narrator sitting in an armchair at a dinner party who excoriates the literary awards establishments of his native land (and by extension all lands that are host to a robust bourgeoisie).
—Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
Its leaders sanctioned the mass appropriation of lands from the nobility and their distribution to smaller farmers and the urban bourgeoisie.
—Michael Albertus, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
The promise in the air inspires immigrants, unionists, suffragettes, and a rising Black bourgeoisie.
—Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 24 June 2025
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Merlisa Lawrence Corbett, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026
Woodcutters sets forth the musings of a narrator sitting in an armchair at a dinner party who excoriates the literary awards establishments of his native land (and by extension all lands that are host to a robust bourgeoisie).
—Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
Its leaders sanctioned the mass appropriation of lands from the nobility and their distribution to smaller farmers and the urban bourgeoisie.
—Michael Albertus, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
The promise in the air inspires immigrants, unionists, suffragettes, and a rising Black bourgeoisie.
—Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 24 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bourgeoisie
Noun
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All that loot pumped out of the Armenian proletariat, says the gaur, and for what.—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Severin, on the other hand, represents the revolutionary proletariat.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Instead, more households are climbing into the echelons of the upper middle class due to income gains in recent decades, according to research from the nonpartisan American Enterprise Institute.—
Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
6 Apr. 2026
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Venezuela was once among the most prosperous economies in Latin America, supported by vast energy reserves, strong trade flows and a growing middle class.—
Oscar de la Rosa,
Boston Herald,
3 Apr. 2026
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The 700 Irwin project is planned just east of Highway 101 and downtown at the western end of San Rafael’s canal district, a dense, working class neighborhood of about 12,000.—
Julie Johnson,
San Francisco Chronicle,
26 Mar. 2026
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Arise Chicago, an advocacy group organized to help protect working class immigrants in partnership with local faith communities, coordinated the Sherman Plaza event, inviting clergy members from across Evanston to speak out.—
Claire Murphy,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Mar. 2026
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“Bourgeoisie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bourgeoisie. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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