upper crusts

plural of upper crust

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for upper crusts
Noun
  • The Tampa Bay Buccaneers franchise quarterback is coming off the best year of his career, which began with a life-changing contract, continued with the birth of his first daughter and wrapped with personal bests of a 10-7 record, 4,500 passing yards and 41 touchdowns.
    Jeff Howe, New York Times, 25 July 2025
  • And with career bests, turning in 55 receptions for 800 yards and a handful of scores in 2021.
    Oliver Thomas, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
Noun
  • If the high court elects to take up the case, the justices would be tasked with asking if such bans on adults ages 18 through 20 from purchasing firearms are legal.
    Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 8 June 2025
  • Members of Iranian paramilitary women forces (Basij) wear masks of Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US elect Donald Trump with a red cross of it, during an anti-Israeli rally to show their solidarity with the Palestinian and Lebanese people, in Tehran, January 10, 2025.
    Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025
Noun
  • The new deal will allow over 330,000 rights holders to receive royalties where their music is used on Audius across a broad territorial footprint, including sub-Saharan Africa and Asia Pacific.
    Thania Garcia, Variety, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Some examples of passive income include rental income, dividends, royalties, and online businesses.
    Melissa Houston, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Xi must know that old societies tend to be pacific and that China is getting old fast.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Then, five thousand or so years ago, after agriculture spread and prehistory gave way to history, hierarchies emerged, dividing our societies into groups—the socioeconomic élites and everyone else.
    Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Upper crusts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/upper%20crusts. Accessed 31 Jul. 2025.

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