as in poor
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
Joan C. Williams
june 13, Literary Hub, 13 June 2025
Originally, President Donald Trump wanted to exempt lower and middle class taxpayers from Social Security taxes.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 9 June 2025
Tom Tapp, Deadline, 18 June 2025
Yet the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, judging by what the House of Representatives has passed and what the Senate is now considering, showers direct tax benefits much more on wealthy Americans than on poor or middle-class taxpayers.
—Laurent Belsie, Christian Science Monitor, 18 June 2025
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Adjective
One or even two pink-collar jobs means a fragile hold in the middle class (at best); the best defense against downward mobility is a blue-collar job, only 17 percent of which are held by women.
—Joan C. Williams
june 13, Literary Hub, 13 June 2025
Originally, President Donald Trump wanted to exempt lower and middle class taxpayers from Social Security taxes.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 9 June 2025
Noun
While arguably the premier franchise in the NBA, the Lakers have in the past few years had a comparatively middle-class ownership dependent largely on their TV deal with Spectrum Sports.
—Tom Tapp, Deadline, 18 June 2025
Yet the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, judging by what the House of Representatives has passed and what the Senate is now considering, showers direct tax benefits much more on wealthy Americans than on poor or middle-class taxpayers.
—Laurent Belsie, Christian Science Monitor, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for middle class
Adjective
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Despite having a poor 2024 season that saw the Pirates remove Bednar from the closer role, the right-hander is back to his dominant form.—
Zach Pressnell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 June 2025
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The key drivers are BGE’s soaring spending and profits and poor management by PJM Interconnection, the private entity that operates our electric grid.—
Emily Scarr,
Baltimore Sun,
29 June 2025
Noun
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The spat between egos pits a conservative president against a rock n’ roll hero of the American working class — a voting bloc with a MAGA element that helped put Trump over the top in 2024.—
John Scott Lewinski,
The Washington Examiner,
13 June 2025
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Yvonne Wheeler, president of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, spoke onstage nearby earlier, decrying the raids as a swipe at working class L.A.—
Andrew Blankstein,
NBC news,
6 June 2025
Adjective
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Domesticity presented an existential challenge to the Communist war on bourgeois weakness and materialism.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 June 2025
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The Rue Jacob is decorated in ugly bourgeois tones of: beige and brown, nineteenth-century paintings, Louis-Philippe furniture.—
Constance Debré,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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
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The promise in the air inspires immigrants, unionists, suffragettes, and a rising Black bourgeoisie.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
24 June 2025
Adjective
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The simplest ideas in mathematics can also be the most perplexing.—
Leila Sloman,
Wired News,
29 June 2025
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Start your day like a pro with simple morning cleaning habits that keep your home feeling fresh, organized, and under control.—
Quincy Bulin,
Southern Living,
28 June 2025
Adjective
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With an array of working-class Americans standing behind him, from farmers to electrical workers, the president claimed the bill would lower Americans' tax burdens, make permanent his first administration's tax cuts and eliminate taxes on tips.—
Kaia Hubbard,
CBS News,
26 June 2025
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Set in the working-class outskirts of L.A., Lolita follows Jesús (Alexis Vazquez), an openly gay man recently released from prison after serving a nine-year sentence for a nonviolent drug offense, who is determined to reclaim his life and reunite with his daughter.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
26 June 2025
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“Middle class.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/middle%20class. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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