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Recent Examples of nouveau riche
The show never quite nails Hiaasen’s satirical edge, his very specific perspective on Florida’s grifters and interlopers, settling for soft mockery of corrupt institutions and the nouveau riche.
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Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Aug. 2024
But do those same rules apply to the newly wealthy, especially a nouveau riche couple who is also Black?
—Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 22 May 2024
What was true then for the nouveau riche is true now for authoritarian countries: hosting and succeeding in the Olympic Games are textbook acts of conspicuous consumption.
—Dawn Brancati, Foreign Affairs, 25 Mar. 2021
Cut to four years later, when Rita is living the life of the nouveau riche in London.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2024
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Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Aug. 2024
But do those same rules apply to the newly wealthy, especially a nouveau riche couple who is also Black?
—Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 22 May 2024
What was true then for the nouveau riche is true now for authoritarian countries: hosting and succeeding in the Olympic Games are textbook acts of conspicuous consumption.
—Dawn Brancati, Foreign Affairs, 25 Mar. 2021
Cut to four years later, when Rita is living the life of the nouveau riche in London.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nouveau riche
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In 1952, backed by little more than his reputation as a war hero and a fortune staked by his parvenu father, 35-year-old John F. Kennedy swiped a Senate seat from Republican Henry Cabot Lodge, himself a wealthy combat veteran.—
Kevin Mahnken,
The New Republic,
1 Sep. 2020
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Raveendran, at least on paper, assumes his place among those parvenus thanks to his effort in internet education.—
Saritha Rai,
Fortune,
29 July 2019
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Hims & Hers, the telehealth upstart, will focus on the problems of obesity in the U.S., using a minute-long spot that features a collage of different images focused on the dangers of being overweight.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
31 Jan. 2025
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Chinese artificial intelligence upstart DeepSeek shocked many investors and rattled the U.S. stock market, which has relied on gains from AI for the past two years.—
Hakyung Kim,
CNBC,
28 Jan. 2025
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The story of an Irish adventurer’s social rise in the 18th century, Barry Lyndon doesn’t have the wide appeal of Dr. Strangelove or A Clockwork Orange, but for the patient viewer, its rewards are just as rich.—
Kevin Lincoln,
Vulture,
20 Jan. 2025
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Orcs Must Die 3 (PS4, PS5) Citizen Sleeper (PS4, PS5) Poker Club (PS4) PS Plus Premium Games for January 2025 MachineGames' Indiana Jones game may not be arriving on PS5 until spring, but PlayStation owners can at least play a classic game starring the adventurer.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
15 Jan. 2025
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“Nouveau riche.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nouveau%20riche. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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