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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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In addition to nutrition education classes, SNAP-Ed programming includes food access directories, social media campaigns and advocacy work.—
Kate Armanini,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Aug. 2025
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This incident comes a week after a shooting in the same neighborhood on the first day of class for Jefferson County Public Schools Aug. 7.—
Caroline Neal,
Louisville Courier Journal,
15 Aug. 2025
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His father, a striker at amateur level, had designs on not-so-little Jair following in his footsteps.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
8 Aug. 2025
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Utility officials opened a dam and released 4 billion gallons of water to raise the river's level.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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“Caste.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caste. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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