yuppie
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When she begins dating the owner of a local pet shop, Iona immediately falls in step with her yuppie new beau.
From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2026
She leaned into her academic background, fashioning herself as a yuppie villain, wearing power suits and professing her admiration for Hillary Clinton, according to the WWE.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 28, 2023
Mr. Pita, fluent in English and backed by strong support from younger Thais, appears in public as a jovial yuppie brimming with bright ideas, confident that he can overcome the constitutional hurdles in his path.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 11, 2023
Like many of that vintage, the hippie eventually turned yuppie.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 1, 2023
The only repeat pickups I get are old guys who always know a better way or yuppie businessmen who are always checking their watch or talking on the phone.
From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak
“The yuppies might like it, but we’re all set on bike lanes,” Mr. Napolitano said.
From New York Times ● May 21, 2023
By the mid 1990s, it was a phenomenon — what one writer for The New York Times called “a high octane snack for yuppies and fitness freaks.”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 8, 2023
DiDi, serving as Greek chorus and comic relief, pulls Ms. Noomin directly into the story, saying: “Are you gonna let some cartoon yuppies cry cartoon tears over your lost babies?”
From Washington Post ● Sep. 17, 2022
A close-knit group of Black yuppies chill at their favorite wine bar in the new L.A.-set sitcom “Grand Crew.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2021
“You have to be so loud? We’re surrounded in here. Besides, these ones aren’t yuppies, they’re hipsters.”
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
