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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
Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2025
Yet for too many people who weren’t middle-class bohemians, the city had become hell.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 21 Apr. 2025
Charlotte Alter, Time, 17 Apr. 2025
By some estimates, raising a kid, who was born in 2015, could cost a middle class family close to $320,000 over 17 years.
—NPR, 17 Apr. 2025
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Adjective
Francis, who came from a middle-class neighborhood in Buenos Aires, became known as the Jesuit priest who rode the city’s public transit and was a card-carrying fan of his hometown soccer club.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2025
Yet for too many people who weren’t middle-class bohemians, the city had become hell.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 21 Apr. 2025
Noun
The middle class is an absolutely essential part of American life.
—Charlotte Alter, Time, 17 Apr. 2025
By some estimates, raising a kid, who was born in 2015, could cost a middle class family close to $320,000 over 17 years.
—NPR, 17 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for middle-class
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Mikal Bridges and Karl-Anthony Towns each added 23 points and OG Anunoby bounced back from two poor performances by scoring 20 for the Knicks, who can win the series Wednesday night at Boston.—
Brian Mahoney,
Baltimore Sun,
13 May 2025
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Boston built big second-half leads on New York in both Games 1 and 2 at home, but squandered them due to uncharacteristically poor 3-point shooting.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 May 2025
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For Catholic theologians, the significance of the name was evident, with the new pope tying himself to one of the foundational figures of modern Catholic social teaching, Pope Leo XIII, who advocated for the rights of the poor and working class amid profound economic change.—
Matt Hamilton,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2025
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Among the visibly working class, the tabloids were more popular.—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
5 May 2025
Adjective
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Baldwin was fluent in the language of bourgeois respectability and dressed the part when the occasion called for it.—
Tiana Randall,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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Every possible ill, every source of embarrassment to their bourgeois sensibilities, was blamed on the plant.—
Wade Davis,
Rolling Stone,
6 Apr. 2025
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This creative evolution has expanded papier-mâché’s market appeal, with a new generation of clientele emerging – a group that includes interior designers, a local urban bourgeoisie, and international buyers.—
Fahad Shah,
Christian Science Monitor,
2 Apr. 2025
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The company was started around the same time as other famous French stores like Le Bon Marché (1852) and La Samaritaine (1870), both of which, like Printemps, catered to the country’s growing bourgeoisie.—
Lanna Apisukh,
New York Times,
22 Mar. 2025
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Experts say these are all the benefits of this simple exercise Is Zone 2 cardio best for fat loss?—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
12 May 2025
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Simple Systems: Create ease and flow with simple back-end structures and client journeys.—
Christine Williams,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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Chicagoans are fiercely proud of their city's working-class reputation and Pope Leo - born here as Robert Francis Prevost - has a reputation in the Catholic Church for sticking up for worker's rights and the disenfranchised, something highly valued here.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
10 May 2025
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But while Prevost made his debut in Chicago, his parents and two older brothers were already living just south of the sprawling city in a working-class suburb called Dolton.—
Corky Siemaszko,
NBC news,
9 May 2025
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“Middle-class.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/middle-class. Accessed 17 May. 2025.
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