lower class
Example Sentences
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“Even if a government job is lower class, it is still prestigious in Bangladesh,” Amin said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026
"For the first time it was the Kenyan people - the working class and the middle class and the lower class - against the ruling class," says Mwangi.
From BBC • Apr. 27, 2025
Lavin was the grandchild of Russian immigrants, and in later years she often played variations on the Jewish mother — lower class, middle class, upper class.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2024
"Before then, Americans were typically more likely to self-identify as members of the middle or upper-middle class and less likely to say they belonged to the working or lower class."
From Salon • Nov. 2, 2024
Theo doesn’t look down on Vincent for being with someone from a lower class, having done so himself.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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