gentries

noun

plural of gentry
as in classes
one of the segments of society into which people are grouped the old-line yachting gentry frowns on vulgar displays of wealth

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  1. classes
  2. levels
  3. ranks
Noun
  • Imperial Business School has already created digital twins of professors, while Georgia Tech has deployed AI teaching assistant Jill Watson across large online classes.
    — Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026
  • He was sentenced to 45 days in jail and four years of probation and ordered to complete 52 domestic violence classes.
    — Sameen Chaudhry, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of classes
Noun
  • Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has remained well below pre-war levels.
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Since the pandemic, average wholesale food prices remain about 35% above February 2020 levels, while restaurant employee hourly earnings have increased 41%.
    — Phil Kafarakis, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of levels
Noun
  • The team also traded away Luis Arraez and Heliot Ramos for prospects, further thinning their ranks.
    — Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will soon join the ranks of iconic observatories like the Hubble and James Webb telescopes – plumbing the far reaches of the cosmos to answer some of life's greatest mysteries.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of ranks
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“Gentries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gentries. Accessed 28 Aug. 2026.

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