as in downscale
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Recent Examples of déclassé
As prevalent as garlic is in American cooking today, for much of the 20th century it was considered an exotic, even declasse, ingredient.
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Clay Risen, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Dec. 2022
In China, Pabst beer, which is cheap and declasse stateside, is reformulated as Blue Ribbon 1844 and sells for roughly $50 a bottle.
—Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2021
Clay Risen, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Dec. 2022
In China, Pabst beer, which is cheap and declasse stateside, is reformulated as Blue Ribbon 1844 and sells for roughly $50 a bottle.
—Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for déclassé
Adjective
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The fast food giant is struggling in its competition with other chains for downscale customers, who continue to be scared away by inflation.—
Francisco Velasquez,
Quartz,
6 May 2024
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In 2012, just out of Texas State University, Whitney Miller was peddling cheesy products on The Liquidation Channel, kind of a downscale Home Shopping Network.—
Jim Clash,
Forbes,
14 Feb. 2023
Adjective
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For those holding excessive stock purchased during recent years of inflated prices, the down-market may present challenges.—
Mark Littler,
Forbes,
23 Dec. 2024
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Already the world's biggest company by revenue, Walmart is nonetheless growing and transcending its previously down-market reputation.—
Nathan Bomey,
Axios,
26 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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While most warming devices come only in plain blacks and grays, these go out of their way to look pleasant in four colorful designs.—
Clint Davis,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Jan. 2025
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The three — Trump, Newsom and the first lady, who, clad in a khaki jacket, plain dark cap and aviator-style sunglasses, did not speak — walked toward the helicopter.—
Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Orange County Register,
24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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My grandmother was a bourgeois German Jew, and my grandfather was the son of a stonemason in Sardinia.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2025
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And a lot of conservatism in general is about upholding bourgeois lifestyles, morality, identity, politics, and so forth.—
Vittoria Elliott,
WIRED,
21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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For example, just a decade after the emergence of the new urban working-class culture in the 1830s, Irish immigration transformed the workforces of northern cities.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
2 Feb. 2025
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Harrison did not seek another term after the 2024 election when Trump became the first Republican to win the popular vote in two decades and made modest gains with core Democratic constituencies — African Americans, Latinos and working-class voters, among them.—
Steve Peoples,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Feb. 2025
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“Déclassé.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/d%C3%A9class%C3%A9. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.
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