moneyed class
Example Sentences
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She was queer when it was not safe to be out, and lived for a spell in Europe where she didn’t quite fit in with the moneyed class.
From Salon • Apr. 5, 2024
But this year, the moneyed class began leaving the planet at a rapidly accelerating pace.
From Slate • Nov. 16, 2021
Suddenly not among the moneyed class, she hustled herself through the redbrick boondocks of the University of Vermont.
From The Verge • May 12, 2021
For the new moneyed class, smartphones have become a must-have, although they are not connected to the global internet.
From New York Times • Sep. 12, 2020
Yet the future of these countries, consolidated under centralized monarchies in alliance with a moneyed class, depended upon a full royal treasury and thriving industry.
From Beginnings of the American People by Dodd, William E.