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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
Christina Newland, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
With its cathedral ceiling and a tall, red chimney, the house on 79th Avenue hardly stands out in a quiet, working-class East Oakland neighborhood where residents tend to look out for one another.
—Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2025
FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Written and directed by John Turturro, the indie project has endured two decades thanks to its risky fusion of classic MGM-style romance in a gritty, working class urban landscape.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 12 Aug. 2025
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Noun
Stamp was a true original, a shapeshifter, a tough guy, and a charmer; one of the rare working-class British actors left who survived a childhood during the blitz and channeled bloody-mindedness, raw talent, and strong instincts.
—Christina Newland, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
With its cathedral ceiling and a tall, red chimney, the house on 79th Avenue hardly stands out in a quiet, working-class East Oakland neighborhood where residents tend to look out for one another.
—Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2025
Adjective
Continue reading … ON THE DECLINE – Mamdani warns of 'withering faith' in democracy to deliver for working class.
—FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Written and directed by John Turturro, the indie project has endured two decades thanks to its risky fusion of classic MGM-style romance in a gritty, working class urban landscape.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 12 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for working-class
Noun
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What City internalise as an anomaly, the Premier League’s ferocious middle class view as wounds waiting to be reopened.—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
1 Sep. 2025
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At times, centrist lawmakers have been hit with angry constituents as Democrats continue to message that the tax legislation benefits the wealthy at the expense of the middle class.—
Rachel Schilke,
The Washington Examiner,
29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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This program means paychecks for middle-class workers, opportunities for small businesses and investment in communities up and down the state.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Sep. 2025
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The firm stand against gentrification taken in its onscreen narrative, about middle-class townies crowding out longstanding local businesses, also felt indicative of Jenkins’ place in a film industry intent on adopting newer, slicker, more commercial methods.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
31 Aug. 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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These places are away from the public eye, but can put people in harm's way due to floodplains, poor quality water and exposure to the elements.—
Gina Lee Castro,
jsonline.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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It has been tagged as a giveaway to rich elites, and the administration is tapping a vice president who grew up poor in Middletown to turn public perception.—
Francesca Chambers,
The Enquirer,
30 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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If the debut white-and-navy look was too plain, the sequel was anything but, with vivid colors practically jumping off of the glossy design.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2025
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Some are too flashy, while others look too plain to justify the price tag.—
Amina Ayoud,
Glamour,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Working-class.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/working-class. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.
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