as in parvenus
one who has recently acquired wealth and social position
a nouveau riche who is reportedly using his money to buy his way into Palm Beach society
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Noun
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Going public would put SpaceX in the company of older, traditional aerospace heavyweights, such as Boeing and Northrop Grumman, and industry upstarts, such as Rocket Lab and Firefly Aerospace.—
Ramin Skibba,
Scientific American,
26 Dec. 2025 -
In contrast, some upstarts show higher satisfaction scores than major entries despite their minimal market share.—
Ethan Stone,
USA Today,
11 Dec. 2025
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Certainly there’s a long and distinguished tradition of associating Jewish arrivistes with entrepreneurialism, avarice, and clannishness.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
24 Nov. 2025
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“Nouveaux riches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nouveaux%20riches. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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