as in downscale
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Recent Examples of déclassé
Very few seem to remember, or care, how declasse that phrase was once considered.
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Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2025
Very few seem to remember, or care, how declasse that phrase was once considered.
—Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2025
As prevalent as garlic is in American cooking today, for much of the 20th century it was considered an exotic, even declasse, ingredient.
—Clay Risen, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Dec. 2022
In China, Pabst beer, which is cheap and declasse stateside, is reformulated as Blue Ribbon 1844 and sells for roughly $50 a bottle.
—Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2021
Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2025
Very few seem to remember, or care, how declasse that phrase was once considered.
—Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2025
As prevalent as garlic is in American cooking today, for much of the 20th century it was considered an exotic, even declasse, ingredient.
—Clay Risen, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Dec. 2022
In China, Pabst beer, which is cheap and declasse stateside, is reformulated as Blue Ribbon 1844 and sells for roughly $50 a bottle.
—Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for déclassé
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Could his famous name and deep pockets mobilize the younger and more downscale voters who are unlikely to get jazzed up for a judicial election?—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
4 Apr. 2025
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Could his famous name and deep pockets mobilize the younger and more downscale voters who are unlikely to get jazzed up for a judicial election?—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Microsoft is introducing a pair of new Surface devices today, both aimed slightly down-market from the 11th-generation Surface Pro tablet and 7th-generation Surface Laptop that the company released last spring.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
6 May 2025
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At their zenith, in the nineteen-sixties, the great London newspapers—the Standard and its slightly down-market rival, the Evening News—sold a million and a half copies a day.—
Sam Knight,
The New Yorker,
6 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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During Kenya’s mass protests last year, demonstrators created chatbots to explain complex legislation in plain language to help their peers understand its impact.—
Erika Page,
Christian Science Monitor,
10 May 2025
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There are date-night options ranging from the expensive to the affordable, from the romantic to the just plain fun.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
9 May 2025
Adjective
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Baldwin was fluent in the language of bourgeois respectability and dressed the part when the occasion called for it.—
Tiana Randall,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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Every possible ill, every source of embarrassment to their bourgeois sensibilities, was blamed on the plant.—
Wade Davis,
Rolling Stone,
6 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Chicagoans are fiercely proud of their city's working-class reputation and Pope Leo - born here as Robert Francis Prevost - has a reputation in the Catholic Church for sticking up for worker's rights and the disenfranchised, something highly valued here.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
10 May 2025
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But while Prevost made his debut in Chicago, his parents and two older brothers were already living just south of the sprawling city in a working-class suburb called Dolton.—
Corky Siemaszko,
NBC news,
9 May 2025
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“Déclassé.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/d%C3%A9class%C3%A9. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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