middle class
Example Sentences
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But the middle class entered a prolonged period of weakening in the 1970s.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
Over the next three decades, soaring demand for the fruit transformed Michoacán state into the center of global avocado production — and catapulted a generation of people like Pancho from poverty into the middle class.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
Many are keenly aware of the pivotal role that home ownership played in building the financial well-being of their parents and the American middle class.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
But in earlier decades Minnesota was an American success story with world-class companies, high civic trust, a remarkable education tradition and a broad middle class.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Face cards in a few categories may land a player in the upper middle class.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
