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Recent Examples of proletariat Their butler, Adams, is a proletariat. Wayne Catan, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2022 Because the exploited—the proletariat—have nothing to fall back on, nowhere further to sink, their liberation would be the liberation of history from class struggle. James Robins, The New Republic, 19 Jan. 2023 Now a college degree is the most reliable indicator of Democratic preference; the proletariat is dependably Republican. Gerard Baker, WSJ, 9 Jan. 2023 The numerically ascending service proletariat is frankly irrelevant in setting the terms of debate in our polity. Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 20 Jan. 2013 See All Example Sentences for proletariat
Recent Examples of Synonyms for proletariat
Noun
  • Most of the initiatives looked good on paper but were largely ignored by the populace.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 May 2025
  • No one can say for sure how this is going to affect the populace on a near-term and long-term basis.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • There was little-to-no doubt Jurgen Klopp’s side were going to defeat Ralf Rangnick’s under-interim-management rabble that day.
    Carl Anka, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Advertisement From start to finish, pure madness, amid a rabble that never calmed, never quieted, never quit.
    Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • But the American public is bound to be particularly sensitive to the functioning of our transportation infrastructure.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2025
  • The idea has drawn some criticism, including the observation that the U.S. public has been getting along just fine all these years without such an advocate.
    Robert Goulder, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
Noun
  • The county of less than 8,000 people is also primarily served by one rural hospital with limited services.
    Savannah Kuchar, USA Today, 22 May 2025
  • Several people sent the couple their condolences in the comment section.
    Charna Flam, People.com, 22 May 2025

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“Proletariat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proletariat. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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