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belonging to the class of people of middle social or economic rank
She grew up in a middle-class neighborhood, as did most of her classmates.
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Recent Examples of middle-class
Gary Collins, Baltimore Sun, 17 Feb. 2025
Despite the opulence of it all, Mukerjee’s aesthetics are informed by his solidly middle-class roots.
—Naomi Rougeau, Robb Report, 17 Feb. 2025
Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2025
While Trump talks a big game about standing up for the middle class, his actions betray a profound indifference to their struggles.
—Laura Rodriguez, Orlando Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
Meanwhile, Sepp said that the governor’s tax plan may prompt many middle-class families to relocate to a neighboring state, resulting in more affordable housing and lower overall tax burdens for migrating families.
—Gary Collins, Baltimore Sun, 17 Feb. 2025
Despite the opulence of it all, Mukerjee’s aesthetics are informed by his solidly middle-class roots.
—Naomi Rougeau, Robb Report, 17 Feb. 2025
Noun
Down payment assistance is crucial in that step but also essential in further building out the Black middle class at a time when some Black people are seeing challenges with becoming middle class.
—Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2025
While Trump talks a big game about standing up for the middle class, his actions betray a profound indifference to their struggles.
—Laura Rodriguez, Orlando Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for middle-class
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Without education, students with disabilities face higher rates of poverty, unemployment, poor health, and social isolation.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
17 Feb. 2025
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This initiative helped avert potential global famines and boosted incomes for poor farmers, particularly in Asia.—
A.J. Russo,
Baltimore Sun,
17 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Last year’s MacTaggart was delivered by Dear England creator James Graham, who passionately argued for greater working class representation.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
4 Feb. 2025
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The outer borough working class, not the Manhattan elite, will decide the winner and that’s the coalition of Cuomo’s electoral successes again and again.—
Bradley Honan,
New York Daily News,
5 Feb. 2025
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There’s plenty such wordplay in The Safe House, to the point that the movie can seem like a caricature of overeducated, perpetually growling Parisians shouting for social change, but too self-centered and comfortable in their bourgeois lifestyles to do anything drastic about it.—
Jordan Mintzer,
The Hollywood Reporter,
21 Feb. 2025
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The social outcast lead is now a Black African (Mamadou Sidibé), action moves to Marseilles and the protagonist is taken in by a suave bourgeois member of the French-Arab community.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
21 Feb. 2025
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Even before the Atlantic City Boardwalk became the iconic scene of the Roaring ‘20s New Jersey bourgeoisie, the Jersey Shore was already increasingly a vacation spot for the wealthy.—
Andrew DePietro,
Forbes,
22 Oct. 2024
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Then a hotelier hung Nymphs and Satyr in a public bar, shaking up NYC's bourgeoisie.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
24 June 2024
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Styled by Dani Levi, Kardashian wore a simple floor-length bodycon gown from Balenciaga Couture.—
Mikelle Street,
WWD,
17 Feb. 2025
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Its simple style can be dressed up with your best evening wear or paired with casual outfits to be your next wardrobe staple.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
17 Feb. 2025
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The Democrats’ latest plot to pick the pockets of working-class Americans in Massachusetts is to impose a $2 tax per every prescription written in the state.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
23 Feb. 2025
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President Trump's office says this is discriminatory against working-class people.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
23 Feb. 2025
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“Middle-class.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/middle-class. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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