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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
Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
Pre-World War II Richmond is described as a small, working-class community with a combination of industrial and rural landscapes.
—Don Sproul, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Aug. 2025
Continue reading … ON THE DECLINE – Mamdani warns of 'withering faith' in democracy to deliver for working class.
—FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2025
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Noun
Said girlfriend is Cherry (Olivia Cooke), a high-end realtor with working-class roots.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
Pre-World War II Richmond is described as a small, working-class community with a combination of industrial and rural landscapes.
—Don Sproul, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
The British working class established high tea as a quick meal after the workday ended, often served at pubs on high tables (hence the name).
—Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Aug. 2025
Continue reading … ON THE DECLINE – Mamdani warns of 'withering faith' in democracy to deliver for working class.
—FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for working-class
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And Slotkin, a Michigan Democrat, argues that America’s political division is its greatest national security threat - and the best defense is rebuilding the middle class.—
September 11,
NPR,
11 Sep. 2025
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Tala provides financial services to the emerging global middle class.—
Jack McCullough,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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But the higher costs make trips to the grocery store more expensive for middle-class Americans, who’ve sweated grocery prices as inflation sticks.—
Mark Dent,
HubSpot,
12 Sep. 2025
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But after Hyundai launched Santro — a quirky looking hatchback, priced right in the comfort zone of middle-class India — there was no looking back.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
11 Sep. 2025
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This kind of soft satire also puts me in mind of Dorothy West, who excellently sent up a nascent Black bourgeoisie in novels like The Wedding.—
Brittany Allen
July 10,
Literary Hub,
10 July 2025
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Its leaders sanctioned the mass appropriation of lands from the nobility and their distribution to smaller farmers and the urban bourgeoisie.—
Michael Albertus,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
Adjective
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Isabella Cosse writes that Quino was attacked both by the left (for being too bourgeois to offer a real critique of the political repression) and by the right (for being too friendly to subversive groups).—
Daniel Alarcón,
New Yorker,
30 June 2025
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Domesticity presented an existential challenge to the Communist war on bourgeois weakness and materialism.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 June 2025
Adjective
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Cutting carbs entirely can raise the risk of cholesterol, kidney stones, poor bone health, gut problems, and even cancer, added Stefanki.—
Caitlin Pagán,
Verywell Health,
11 Sep. 2025
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Before Wednesday’s game, people within the organization were optimistic about Helsley putting his tipping problem and overall poor pitching behind him, pointing to a clean inning Monday.—
Will Sammon,
New York Times,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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This minimalist approach is refined, though perhaps too plain.—
Charles Jefferies,
PC Magazine,
18 Sep. 2025
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Perk up a plain pillow by enlarging a leaf, using a copier to make a pattern.—
Savanna Bous,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Working-class.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/working-class. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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