as in best
individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class
the conference was a gathering of the upper crust of the computer programming industry
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for upper crusts
Noun
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Course Difficulty Flat, straight courses without many hills favor personal bests.—
Christopher Bergland,
Verywell Health,
25 Sep. 2025 -
Kyle Schwarber is in the midst of what may be the most explosive offensive season of his MLB career, already setting personal bests with 53 home runs and 128 RBI.—
Julio Cesar Valdera Morales,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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With China, that still means a bigger bonus, and the freedom to secure it by nearly any means the board and management elect.—
Andrew King,
Fortune,
20 Sep. 2025
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Representative-elect James Walkinshaw speaks to reporters in Fairfax, Virginia on September 5, 2025.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
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But the immediacy of One Battle After Another—with its ICE-like detention camps, unlawful militias storming American streets, and elites who promote white supremacy in closed-door meetings—was intended to embellish the spirit of Vineland rather than undermine it.—
Rory Doherty,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
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These upper-crust elites are ones we’re meant, at the end of the day, to sympathize with and root for.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Sep. 2025
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Our new music spam filter will protect against this behavior and help prevent spammers from generating royalties that could be otherwise distributed to professional artists and songwriters.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
25 Sep. 2025
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This multiyear deal is reportedly valued at least $215 million over nine years and includes a $75 million stock award plus royalties, incentives, and equity.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
24 Sep. 2025
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Bra tops balanced by flowing, full skirts at Simone Rocha, Chopova Lowena and Emilia Wickstead.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
23 Sep. 2025
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Its pajama tops are made of the same high-quality materials (Tencel, silk satin, linen) and some of its loungewear even doubles as streetwear.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
23 Sep. 2025
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The great human cost involved in construction works, river maintenance, and canal building is a pervasive feature of all powerful societies right up to the modern era.—
Vanessa Taylor,
Big Think,
25 Sep. 2025
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In the late 1830s, as a devastating financial crisis bankrupted antislavery societies across the North, the movement seemed splintered and powerless to keep up its petition pressure campaign.—
Time,
Time,
24 Sep. 2025
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In Minnesota, there are contests for rosemaling, a Norwegian folk art, which is characterized by intricate patterns of flowers and swirls.—
Ayana Archie,
NPR,
27 Sep. 2025
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And the flowers during October can look really beautiful.—
Steve Bender,
Southern Living,
27 Sep. 2025
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The brand has been praised by those in the know for its minimalist designs, craftsmanship and sustainable practices, qualities that propelled it to become something of a cult brand that boasts a new sale every 10 minutes across the globe in 56 countries.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Sep. 2025
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Even as tragedy and struggle beset the tenement districts, the very qualities that defined the tenement’s unfavorable physical conditions—over-crowdedness and density—became building blocks for community.—
Annie Polland,
Time,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Upper crusts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/upper%20crusts. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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