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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
Kingsley Moghalu, semafor.com, 6 Oct. 2025
With less money being invested by record labels into touring, that has created a top-heavy artist hierarchy, with the rich getting richer and the poor and middle class falling by the wayside.
—Roy Trakin, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 10 Oct. 2025
However, the middle-class identity of the perpetrators and the notoriety of recent incidents promote the issue into the headlines and raise questions about whether the prevalence of political media will drive future occurrences.
—John Scott Lewinski, The Washington Examiner, 10 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
China, which pulled 700 million people out of poverty and into the middle class over the past 35 years, is the real role model.
—Kingsley Moghalu, semafor.com, 6 Oct. 2025
With less money being invested by record labels into touring, that has created a top-heavy artist hierarchy, with the rich getting richer and the poor and middle class falling by the wayside.
—Roy Trakin, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
Just a few decades ago, the world was rich with coupes for the wealthy, middle-class, and trying-to-survive alike.
—Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 10 Oct. 2025
However, the middle-class identity of the perpetrators and the notoriety of recent incidents promote the issue into the headlines and raise questions about whether the prevalence of political media will drive future occurrences.
—John Scott Lewinski, The Washington Examiner, 10 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for middle class
Adjective
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Porter has been a lead creator before, but that was on cellar-dwelling Houston Rockets squads that became a breeding ground for poor habits.—
Fred Katz,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Young people want better governance and are fed up with suffering from poor services and economies while their leaders get rich around them and inequality grows.—
Elizabeth Shackelford,
Twin Cities,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The oysterman has been catapulted onto the national stage as part of a vanguard of progressive, young candidates who have gained widespread support by appealing to working class voters.—
Sam Stone,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
16 Oct. 2025
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There are shops and restaurants, a school and homes, both wealthy and more working class.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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But part of Kafka’s drive is something altogether less tangible; art was soon to enter its avant-garde phase in the early 20th century, and the writer turns out to be much more bohemian than his bourgeois upbringing suggests, showing a keen interest in underground Yiddish theater.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
25 Sep. 2025
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This is the mystification at the heart of the trinity formula in which bourgeois economics conceives of commodities as resulting from the combination of three factors of production: land, labor, and capital.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Sep. 2025
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This kind of soft satire also puts me in mind of Dorothy West, who excellently sent up a nascent Black bourgeoisie in novels like The Wedding.—
Brittany Allen
July 10,
Literary Hub,
10 July 2025
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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
Adjective
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Monochromatic Raven loves to stick to a simple, serene palette by combining a variety of white tulips with different bloom times.—
Miranda Crowell,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 Oct. 2025
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This Madewell version channels that effortless, neutral polish Kitts described—simple, structured, and endlessly versatile.—
Rosie Marder,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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But some stores in working-class neighborhoods likely rely even more on CalFresh sales, said Stephanie Johnson, vice president of government relations for the National Grocers Association, in an interview with Grocery Dive.—
Cathie Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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He was known for his progressive ideals and deep ties to New York’s working-class communities.—
Dan Gooding,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Middle class.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/middle%20class. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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