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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
Nathan Smith, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2024
Ani attempts to hustle her way out of the working class, while Ivan sees America as a hedonistic paradise, an escape from the responsibilities and expectations of life in Russia.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 22 Oct. 2024
Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2024
The sweeping biopic charts the rise of the pop star, from his days as a cheeky 8-year-old in a working-class U.K. town to his battles with the usual pitfalls of fame and money.
—Ramin Zahed, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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Noun
This historical period -- which ran from the 1870s and to the early 20th century -- saw rapid industrialization and significant wealth disparity, with a small elite growing rich while the working class faced poverty.
—Nathan Smith, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2024
Ani attempts to hustle her way out of the working class, while Ivan sees America as a hedonistic paradise, an escape from the responsibilities and expectations of life in Russia.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 22 Oct. 2024
Adjective
The Soul of the Party in the Age of Extremes
by John B. Judis and Ruy Teixeira
Judis and Teixeira examine why the Democratic Party has hemorrhaged the support of white working-class and lower-middle-class voters—and argue that the party now badly needs to take a hard look at itself.
—Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2024
The sweeping biopic charts the rise of the pop star, from his days as a cheeky 8-year-old in a working-class U.K. town to his battles with the usual pitfalls of fame and money.
—Ramin Zahed, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for working class
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That’s roughly 300% above the federal poverty line – not poor, but on the edge of middle class for a two-person household.Dan Horn, The Courier-Journal, 2 Dec. 2024
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After decades of building homes largely for the affluent, following the Great Depression, Wright wanted to come up with a design system that would be accessible for the American middle class.Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 29 Nov. 2024
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Before long, driving to the mall with your family to give your biggest, tightest smiles for a relatively affordable, 15-minute shoot (sometimes in matching outfits) felt like a middle-class custom.Erin Sagen, The Atlantic, 2 Dec. 2024
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The drama explores the conflict between tradition and progress in modern-day Iran through a middle-class family whose two daughters question their father’s role in the government as student protests erupt in the streets.Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 29 Nov. 2024
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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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The Housemaid is an excessively perverse drama about a bourgeois family torn apart by a patriarch’s affair, and the dread of discovery by the community at large.Nicholas Bell, SPIN, 28 Oct. 2024
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Divorce or no, Faye is still a bourgeois British woman who quietly goes from having a loan on her countryside home to being an honored guest at literary festivals across Europe.Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 28 June 2024
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In many poor and densely populated neighborhoods across the country, people have access to free, unmetered electricity.Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
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That being said, today was a very poor outing as breadth (advancers vs. decliners) was awful in both markets.Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Like all the coolest girls, layer yours underneath preppy barn jackets and scarf coats to over plain white tees and baggy blue jeans.Laura Jackson, Vogue, 2 Dec. 2024
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Stepping through the plain wooden door, visitors see far more than just an old house.Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2024
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“Working class.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/working%20class. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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