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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
John Cassidy, New Yorker, 7 July 2025
In the 2024 election, despite a Democratic platform focused on redistributive policy, health care access and student debt relief, Donald Trump made unexpected gains among non-White and working-class voters, especially Latino men and younger Black voters.
—Chris Reed, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2025
Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
Mamdani seeks to speak for the city’s working class, yet his voters appear to trend not just younger but whiter, richer, and more male than Cuomo’s.
—Eric Lach, New Yorker, 13 June 2025
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Noun
The results of November’s election showed that the G.O.P. was, indeed, making progress in working-class areas.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 7 July 2025
In the 2024 election, despite a Democratic platform focused on redistributive policy, health care access and student debt relief, Donald Trump made unexpected gains among non-White and working-class voters, especially Latino men and younger Black voters.
—Chris Reed, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2025
Adjective
However, a professor of political science at Bowling Green State University, which conducted the poll, said Democrats could yet retake the seat if the economy worsens, by regaining their standing as the party of the middle and working class.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
Mamdani seeks to speak for the city’s working class, yet his voters appear to trend not just younger but whiter, richer, and more male than Cuomo’s.
—Eric Lach, New Yorker, 13 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for working-class
Noun
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As millions move out of poverty and into the middle class, energy demand increases.—
Robert Rapier,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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But for the middle class, staying at home is an option.—
Manal Albarakati,
semafor.com,
30 June 2025
Adjective
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Overall monthly expenses for a couple are from $1,400 to $2,300—that’s for a comfortable, middle-class lifestyle.—
Kathleen Peddicord,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
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But advocates for increasing the caps argue that the $10,000 cap is increasingly impacting middle-class homeowners who live in regions where property taxes are rising.—
Kaia Hubbard,
CBS News,
28 June 2025
Noun
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The promise in the air inspires immigrants, unionists, suffragettes, and a rising Black bourgeoisie.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
24 June 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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Despite having a poor 2024 season that saw the Pirates remove Bednar from the closer role, the right-hander is back to his dominant form.—
Zach Pressnell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 June 2025
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The key drivers are BGE’s soaring spending and profits and poor management by PJM Interconnection, the private entity that operates our electric grid.—
Emily Scarr,
Baltimore Sun,
29 June 2025
Adjective
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Opponents and legal scholars maintain that the plain meaning and historical intent of the 14th Amendment protect those children's citizenship, and federal courts have repeatedly ruled against the Trump administration's interpretation.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 June 2025
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Models were usually shot against plain studio backgrounds in heavy makeup and statement jewelry.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
28 June 2025
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“Working-class.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/working-class. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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