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the class of people who earn money by doing usually physical work and who are not rich or powerful
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Recent Examples of working class
Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 26 Apr. 2026
The love affair Europe has for pigeon racing began in the 1800s and grew into a working class sport.
—Sharyn Alfonsi, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
David Remnick, New Yorker, 22 May 2026
Advertisement Opened in 1936 as the Park Avenue Retail Market, La Marqueta was originally created to bring pushcart vendors under one roof and improve access to fresh food for working-class New Yorkers.
—Nandika Chatterjee, Time, 21 May 2026
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Noun
People born into working class households in the 1840s should have been doing well in the 1870s.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 26 Apr. 2026
The love affair Europe has for pigeon racing began in the 1800s and grew into a working class sport.
—Sharyn Alfonsi, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
Adjective
White, now fifty-six, grew up in working-class Massachusetts.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 22 May 2026
Advertisement Opened in 1936 as the Park Avenue Retail Market, La Marqueta was originally created to bring pushcart vendors under one roof and improve access to fresh food for working-class New Yorkers.
—Nandika Chatterjee, Time, 21 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for working class
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President Ronald Reagan insisted that his tax cuts, which mostly benefited the rich, would generate enough extra growth to both offset their costs and trickle down to the middle class.—
Jared Bernstein,
The Atlantic,
25 May 2026
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The real surge is in the upper-middle class of baserunners who aren’t necessarily burners but have enough speed to take a bag, and have become more confident and comfortable running against a pitcher who’s up against the clock.—
Chad Jennings,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
Adjective
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Tier One, Tier Two and Tier Three can be divided into elite clubs, those from the level just below and the wealthy middle-class, respectively.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
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Mamdani is promising to build 200,000 new affordable housing units over the next 10 years while preserving the same number, aiming to tackle the city’s defining contemporary crisis as vacancy rates hit record lows and NYC stares down a middle-class exodus.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
27 May 2026
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Pratt, who did not respond to a request for comment, lost his Pacific Palisades home in the fires and has won over many frustrated city residents with his anti-establishment message and cheeky AI videos — including one casting him as Batman, taking on a corrupt Democratic bourgeoisie.—
Kevin Rector,
Los Angeles Times,
24 May 2026
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Simone Bellotti’s Jil Sander introduces precision tailoring with pops of emotion and color, while Celine under Michael Rider leans into bourgeoisie dressing with clashes of primary colors and razor sharp lines that is extremely persuasive.—
Alex Badia,
Footwear News,
22 May 2026
Adjective
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And their struggle, within their world, to lead a good life, to lead a life that has meaning—their struggle between whether to pursue romantic adventure or a staid, bourgeois life—felt very real to me, at age twenty-five.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 May 2026
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Traditionally, the bourgeois novel questioned the viability of bourgeois life, not the viability of life itself.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
Adjective
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At this point the Red Sox are in serious danger, and the only reason the club is even within striking distance of a playoff spot is because the rest of the American League has been so poor.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
27 May 2026
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Putumayo is one of Colombia’s poorest and most troubled regions.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
Adjective
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Lorden will have toppings and flavors including sesame, salt, plain, cheddar jalapeño and blueberry cinnamon.—
Max Scheinblum,
Denver Post,
26 May 2026
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The presidential gallery gives us white men in plain dark suits pretty much all the way down.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
26 May 2026
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“Working class.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/working%20class. Accessed 31 May. 2026.
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