as in arrivistes
one who has recently acquired wealth and social position
the kind of trophy house that a parvenu buys to prove to people, and to himself, that he has indeed arrived
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And yet, the digital arrivistes could only gain so much traction with a broader customer base and needed a boost from tie-ins with old-school counterparts.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
20 Apr. 2026 -
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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In addition to the upstarts, this round features big-name programs like North Carolina, Georgia, Texas and USC.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
5 June 2026
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Still, Wall Street remains unconvinced this will be enough to prevent a loss of market share to AI-native products and upstarts.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
3 June 2026
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“Parvenus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parvenus. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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