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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
Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 20 Mar. 2026
But Booker’s and Van Hollen’s plans would each be attempts not just to lower inequality or pay for new social spending, but also to help middle-class families through the tax code.
—Zach Halaschak, The Washington Examiner, 18 Mar. 2026
Mariel Carr, Scientific American, 20 Mar. 2026
The setting of Lemoncurd, which skewered cookie-cutter suburbia and the bonkers priorities of the upper-middle class, made even the moments of gross-out comedy cute.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026
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Adjective
By long-term standards, every middle-class American lives the life of royalty.
—Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 20 Mar. 2026
But Booker’s and Van Hollen’s plans would each be attempts not just to lower inequality or pay for new social spending, but also to help middle-class families through the tax code.
—Zach Halaschak, The Washington Examiner, 18 Mar. 2026
Noun
And that was a respectable thing for women of the upper middle class at that time.
—Mariel Carr, Scientific American, 20 Mar. 2026
The setting of Lemoncurd, which skewered cookie-cutter suburbia and the bonkers priorities of the upper-middle class, made even the moments of gross-out comedy cute.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for middle-class
Adjective
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And that 44-point home victory was with Brandon Miller having a poor shooting night (5 of 15, 13 points).—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Mar. 2026
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The Dolphins’ struggles during the last decade-plus with Ross signing the checks was a result of poor leadership at the top of the football operations side.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
24 Mar. 2026
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The 700 Irwin project is planned just east of Highway 101 and downtown at the western end of San Rafael’s canal district, a dense, working class neighborhood of about 12,000.—
Julie Johnson,
San Francisco Chronicle,
26 Mar. 2026
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Arise Chicago, an advocacy group organized to help protect working class immigrants in partnership with local faith communities, coordinated the Sherman Plaza event, inviting clergy members from across Evanston to speak out.—
Claire Murphy,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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His savior was the experimental documentarian Harun Farocki, famous for provocative works that skewered bourgeois complacency.—
Holden Seidlitz,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
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Ana Dumitrescu stars as a young Romanian woman who moves to France to work for a bourgeois family and joins an amateur theater troupe adapting Mirbeau’s novel for the stage.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Noasis, around the corner from Base Camp, is for families of tech bourgeoisie.—
Joe Hagan,
Vanity Fair,
18 Mar. 2026
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Lluís is an embodiment of a kind of pragmatism that reigned in those years among the Catalan bourgeoisie.—
Colm Tóibín,
The Atlantic,
14 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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In Catanzaro Lido, a beach town along the Ionian coast, meals tend to be simple and communal.—
Jenna Curcio,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Mar. 2026
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In her first interview since becoming head of content at Disney+ EMEA, Angela Jain has said the message to writers and producers is simple, the streamer is going to greenlight more originals from the region and will be backing that effort with extra funds for local fare.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
25 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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This is especially true for working-class actors without connections.—
Taran Khan,
The Dial,
24 Mar. 2026
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For example, Booker would increase the standard deduction from $31,500 for married couples to $75,000, which would eliminate taxes for working-class families but yield its biggest benefit for those higher on the income scale.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
23 Mar. 2026
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“Middle-class.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/middle-class. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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