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social climber

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as in elitist

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Recent Examples of social climber The actress was best known for her role as snobby social climber Hyacinth Bucket in Keeping Up Appearances, the BBC comedy that ran for five seasons between 1990 and 1995. —

Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2025 British star Patricia Routledge, best known for her role as social climber Hyacinth Bucket in sitcom Keeping Up Appearances, has died. —

Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025 Is Cherry a scheming social climber? —

Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 8 Sep. 2025 Because, my goodness, they’re set out on so much land — each the personal playgrounds of ambitious chefs and nouveau-riche social climbers, reveling in the Custom of the Country. —

Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for social climber

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elitist

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Yet, O’Brien did deliver one joke about the Epstein controversy, taking aim at British elitists who were arrested in February.

— Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 16 Mar. 2026
It’s been argued that all publicity is good publicity, but the six-city tour is also testing those limits as Newsom seeks to shake off the image, fair or not, of a liberal elitist out of touch with Main Street.

— MICHAEL R. BLOOD, Associated Press, 24 Feb. 2026

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