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Recent Examples of nonaristocratic
Middleton has also had to contend with years of classist remarks about her nonaristocratic upbringing: People called her family the middle-class Middletons.
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Elise Taylor, Vogue, 9 Jan. 2022
Elise Taylor, Vogue, 9 Jan. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonaristocratic
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This one is about a regular old guy, a hedge knight in the plebeian population of Westeros, just trying to get by in a world that isn't kind to the common and poor.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
13 Jan. 2026
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Below that sits the pedestrian CLK 500 and plebeian CLK 350.—
Jeremy Korzeniewski,
Robb Report,
26 Feb. 2025
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In recent years, more and more students from lower-class families have been able to attend universities.—
The Atlantic,
The Atlantic,
16 June 2026
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White outfits became the dress code at Wimbledon in the eighteen-eighties, because it was believed that white best masked ungenteel perspiration.—
Gerald Marzorati,
The New Yorker,
16 Sep. 2022
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Some Wordlers also play Competitive Wordle against friends, family, the Wordle Bot or even against me, your humble narrator.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
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Oxygen transfer involves several interacting processes; many of them converge at the humble cork.—
Sam Macdonald,
Scientific American,
19 June 2026
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The most common way to enrich uranium is by spinning uranium gas in a centrifuge, where lighter U-235 separates from the heavier U-238.—
Adithi Ramakrishnan,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
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The most common reason was to make more money.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
20 June 2026
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This is an ignoble war making monsters and fools out of its participants, and against the uncontrollable weapons that are dragons, everyone’s resolve is crumbling.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
18 June 2026
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The most memorable, and notorious, moment from the race was the ignoble exit of Democratic Congressman Eric Swalwell.—
Matt Fleming,
Oc Register,
27 May 2026
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Put differently, only the lowly Colorado Rockies have a worse record than the Giants in the National League.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
18 June 2026
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Brazil finished a lowly fifth in CONMEBOL standings with just 28 points from 18 games, 10 points behind arch-rival Argentina which finished top.—
Emile Nuh,
CNN Money,
13 June 2026
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That makes for a more compelling value proposition, useful in daily life, versus a more specialized machine with inferior performance.—
Matthew Buzzi,
PC Magazine,
14 June 2026
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People mock Americans for using the word because the rest of the world likes a chance to make the superpower feel inferior.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
13 June 2026
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“Nonaristocratic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonaristocratic. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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