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belonging to the class of people of middle social or economic rank
She grew up in a middle-class neighborhood, as did most of her classmates.
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Recent Examples of middle-class
Zac Anderson, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2025
The store targeted middle-class, working women, aged 35 to 55, with casual, career and special-occasion apparel and accessories.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 16 Apr. 2025
Justin Schein, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Apr. 2025
And in voting for this budget bill, Senate Republicans sided with billionaires, against the middle class, in total obeisance to Donald Trump.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Apr. 2025
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Adjective
Republicans decried the audit campaign as an assault on middle-class Americans and small businesses.
—Zac Anderson, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2025
The store targeted middle-class, working women, aged 35 to 55, with casual, career and special-occasion apparel and accessories.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 16 Apr. 2025
Noun
Ike had led us past the Nazis, and now was ushering in the rise of greatest middle class in history… and all with taxes that were as high as 90%.
—Justin Schein, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Apr. 2025
And in voting for this budget bill, Senate Republicans sided with billionaires, against the middle class, in total obeisance to Donald Trump.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for middle-class
Adjective
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Consumer spending softened, increasing 1.8%, down from a 4% rise in the fourth quarter, but a decent performance in light of stock market turmoil and poor weather early in the quarter.—
Paul Davidson,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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In addition, preliminary research from the National Bureau of Economic Research estimates that poor mental health may cost the U.S. economy nearly $300 billion annually.—
Dilan Gomih,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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Sage made that announcement official Wednesday; in his campaign launch and an interview with The Hill ahead of his announcement, Sage emphasized fighting for the working class, including advocating for better health care and better pay.—
Caroline Vakil,
The Hill,
16 Apr. 2025
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Lopakhin and Varya are pushed together throughout the play, but poor Varya, also born working class, will never be able to break through the part of Lopakhin that still idolizes the very nobility that oppressed his family for generations.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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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
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The concepts minted in the early 1960s by the late French literary critic and philosopher René Girard explain the pathologies of the smartphone age as elegantly as Freud’s explained bourgeois neuroses at the turn of the last century.—
Matthew Gasda,
airmail.news,
27 July 2024
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This creative evolution has expanded papier-mâché’s market appeal, with a new generation of clientele emerging – a group that includes interior designers, a local urban bourgeoisie, and international buyers.—
Fahad Shah,
Christian Science Monitor,
2 Apr. 2025
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The company was started around the same time as other famous French stores like Le Bon Marché (1852) and La Samaritaine (1870), both of which, like Printemps, catered to the country’s growing bourgeoisie.—
Lanna Apisukh,
New York Times,
22 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Even something as simple as hanging your own art on the walls or sharing a project online will work.—
Meghan Rose,
Glamour,
1 May 2025
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Murder victim's family has been 'counting down the minutes' until South Carolina execution Texas pastor with simple dream killed in his own church.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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Instead of treating cuts as unavoidable, New York lawmakers should be developing plans to protect working-class New Yorkers from federal austerity and economic turmoil.—
Nathan Gusdorf,
New York Daily News,
27 Apr. 2025
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Prior to joining the entertainment industry, most notably as an actor and writer on the Apple TV+ series Ted Lasso, Hazell grew up in a working-class family in England.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
People.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Middle-class.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/middle-class. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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