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Recent Examples of proletariat The first scenario does much more to reduce poverty, demonstrating the importance of permanently expanding access to unemployment insurance to workers with nontraditional jobs—part-timers, freelancers, and other members of the gig economy’s swelling proletariat. Matthew Desmond, The New York Review of Books, 28 Dec. 2023 Inspired by Karl Marx, the Bolsheviks dreamed of a world communist revolution and held special expectations for Germany, Marx’s homeland, and for its proletariat. Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 19 June 2023 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 Their butler, Adams, is a proletariat. Wayne Catan, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2022 See All Example Sentences for proletariat
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Noun
  • That means, first and foremost, that Israel’s Arab neighbors will need to take on bigger roles in terms of ensuring the Jewish state’s security and in laying the foundation for a prosperous and moderate Palestinian populace.
    Ilan Berman, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • When a witch places a curse on his town, zombies rise from the dead and terrorize the populace.
    Samantha Allen, Them., 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Hundreds of companies are a disorganized rabble.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Steve heads up a reform school for volatile, cursing and rabble-rousing English boys, and his mental health is tested when a documentary crew shows up and word gets out the school is closing.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • These methods, while less exacting, are also woefully undemocratic, allowing lawmakers to act independently from and against the interests of the American public.
    Big Think, Big Think, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Koné then had a public falling out with Marseille coach Roberto de Zerbi.
    Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025

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“Proletariat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proletariat. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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