social position
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If Syracuse is willing to concede some prestige and selectivity, “they have more degrees of freedom, but they also lose that social position that they spent a long time trying to achieve.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
“I think loanwords can be understood in those terms — as a way to signal your social position, to set yourself apart.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2025
But social position was a period, not a question mark.
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2024
Unlike the elected lower house legislators, the senators will be chosen by their fellow applicants, competing in 20 categories such as occupation or social position, including women, the elderly and the disabled.
From Seattle Times ● May 20, 2024
Classes are groups of people of similar economic and social position; people who, for that reason, may share political attitudes, lifestyles, consumption patterns, cultural interests, and opportunities to get ahead.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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