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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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for social climber
elitist
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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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Those unions’ rank and file, increasingly, see Democrats as cultural elitists who look down on them and want to replace their jobs.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Social climber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/social%20climber. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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