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Recent Examples of nouveau riche
Arguably the series’ silent star, the jewelry reflects the intense competition among New York’s nouveau riche to outshine one another.
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Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 8 Aug. 2025
With more romance, shifting power dynamics between the old guard and the nouveau riche and plenty of dramatic twists, there’s a lot to look forward to on Sunday nights this summer.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
It was remodeled by its subsequent owners—the brothers who owned the F. W. Woolworth Company—in the style of Versailles, an over-the-top gesture that from a twenty-first-century vantage point looks quintessentially nouveau riche, and quintessentially New Jersey.
—Hazlitt, 11 June 2025
The prince’s daughter Concetta is initially enamored of Tancredi, but his eye is caught by the beautiful Angelica, daughter of vulgar nouveau riche neighbor Don Calogero.
—Anthony Paletta, The Washington Examiner, 28 Mar. 2025
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Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 8 Aug. 2025
With more romance, shifting power dynamics between the old guard and the nouveau riche and plenty of dramatic twists, there’s a lot to look forward to on Sunday nights this summer.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
It was remodeled by its subsequent owners—the brothers who owned the F. W. Woolworth Company—in the style of Versailles, an over-the-top gesture that from a twenty-first-century vantage point looks quintessentially nouveau riche, and quintessentially New Jersey.
—Hazlitt, 11 June 2025
The prince’s daughter Concetta is initially enamored of Tancredi, but his eye is caught by the beautiful Angelica, daughter of vulgar nouveau riche neighbor Don Calogero.
—Anthony Paletta, The Washington Examiner, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nouveau riche
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In 1952, backed by little more than his reputation as a war hero and a fortune staked by his parvenu father, 35-year-old John F. Kennedy swiped a Senate seat from Republican Henry Cabot Lodge, himself a wealthy combat veteran.—
Kevin Mahnken,
The New Republic,
1 Sep. 2020
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Raveendran, at least on paper, assumes his place among those parvenus thanks to his effort in internet education.—
Saritha Rai,
Fortune,
29 July 2019
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Here’s where to catch up with every stage of Tarantino's arc, from wisecracking upstart to Hollywood royalty.—
Katie Rife,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Jan. 2026
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Stocks tumbled in late January after Chinese tech upstart DeepSeek unveiled an AI chatbot that raised concerns Silicon Valley was pouring unnecessary amounts of money into AI companies.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
31 Dec. 2025
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The long-gestating Amazon show is based on the video game franchise, following the adventures of world-famous archaeologist and adventurer Lara Croft.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
6 Jan. 2026
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Griffith was there, as was the adventurer Robert Ripley and the editor John Farrar.—
Michael Waters,
New Yorker,
3 Jan. 2026
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“Nouveau riche.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nouveau%20riche. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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